acyl group vs acetyl

acyl group and acetyl both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acyl group	Yes	No	No	No
acetyl	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acetyl is a hyponym of acyl group; that is, acetyl is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than acyl group:

acyl group: any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group
acetyl: the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)

Other hyponyms of acyl group include acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical, foryml.

acyl group (noun)	acetyl (noun)
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group	the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)