abducent vs sixth cranial nerve

abducent and sixth cranial nerve both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abducent	Yes	Yes	No	No
sixth cranial nerve	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, abducent and sixth cranial nerve are synonyms defined as:

abducent and sixth cranial nerve: a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

Other synonyms of abducent include abducens, abducens nerve, abducent nerve, nervus abducens.

abducent (noun)	sixth cranial nerve (noun)
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye	a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

abducent (adjective)	sixth cranial nerve (adjective)
especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part