antibiotic vs cycloserine

cycloserine vs antibiotic

antibiotic and cycloserine both are nouns.

antibiotic is an adjective but cycloserine is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antibiotic	Yes	Yes	No	No
cycloserine	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cycloserine is a hyponym of antibiotic; that is, cycloserine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than antibiotic:

antibiotic: a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
cycloserine: an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus

Other hyponyms of antibiotic include actinomycin, amphotericin, antimycin, antineoplastic antibiotic, Azactam, aztreonam, bacitracin, carbomycin, cephaloglycin, Kafocin, cephaloridine, cephalosporin, Mefoxin, chloramphenicol, Chloromycetin, Aureomycin, chlortetracycline, Cipro, ciprofloxacin, dihydrostreptomycin, doxorubicin, doxycycline, Vibramycin, E-Mycin, Erythrocin, erythromycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin, Garamycin, gentamicin, gramicidin, kanamycin, Kantrex, Lincocin, lincomycin, mitomycin, Mutamycin, mycomycin, fradicin, Neobiotic, neomycin, novobiocin, Mycostatin, Nystan, nystatin, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin, penicillin, polymyxin, Primaxin, pyocyanase, pyocyanin, spectinomycin, streptomycin, streptothricin, subtilin, Nebcin, tobramycin, tyrocidin, tyrocidine, tyrothricin, Vancocin, vancomycin, Viocin, viomycin.

antibiotic (noun)	cycloserine (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	an antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus

antibiotic (adjective)	cycloserine (adjective)
of or relating to antibiotic drugs

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