adrenocorticotropin vs hormone

adrenocorticotropin and hormone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adrenocorticotropin	Yes	No	No	No
hormone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hormone is a hypernym of adrenocorticotropin; that is, hormone is a word with a broader meaning than adrenocorticotropin:

adrenocorticotropin: a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

Other hypernyms of adrenocorticotropin include endocrine, internal secretion.

adrenocorticotropin (noun)	hormone (noun)
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex	the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect