antibiotic vs kanamycin

kanamycin vs antibiotic

antibiotic and kanamycin both are nouns.

antibiotic is an adjective but kanamycin is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, kanamycin is a hyponym of antibiotic; that is, kanamycin 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
kanamycin: antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections

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, cycloserine, dihydrostreptomycin, doxorubicin, doxycycline, Vibramycin, E-Mycin, Erythrocin, erythromycin, Ethril, Ilosone, Pediamycin, Garamycin, gentamicin, gramicidin, 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)	kanamycin (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	antibiotic (trade name Kantrex) used to treat severe infections

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

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