antibiotic vs novobiocin

novobiocin vs antibiotic

antibiotic and novobiocin both are nouns.

antibiotic is an adjective but novobiocin is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, novobiocin is a hyponym of antibiotic; that is, novobiocin 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
novobiocin: an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria

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, kanamycin, Kantrex, Lincocin, lincomycin, mitomycin, Mutamycin, mycomycin, fradicin, Neobiotic, neomycin, 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)	novobiocin (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria

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

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