aldohexose vs hexose

aldohexose and hexose both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aldohexose	Yes	No	No	No
hexose	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hexose is a hypernym of aldohexose; that is, hexose is a word with a broader meaning than aldohexose:

aldohexose: a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group
hexose: a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule

Other hypernyms of aldohexose include aldose.

aldohexose (noun)	hexose (noun)
a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group	a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule