antibiotic vs streptomycin

streptomycin vs antibiotic

antibiotic and streptomycin both are nouns.

antibiotic is an adjective but streptomycin is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, streptomycin is a hyponym of antibiotic; that is, streptomycin 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
streptomycin: an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis

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, novobiocin, Mycostatin, Nystan, nystatin, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin, penicillin, polymyxin, Primaxin, pyocyanase, pyocyanin, spectinomycin, streptothricin, subtilin, Nebcin, tobramycin, tyrocidin, tyrocidine, tyrothricin, Vancocin, vancomycin, Viocin, viomycin.

antibiotic (noun)	streptomycin (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	an antibiotic produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces griseus and used to treat tuberculosis

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

Difference between antibiotic and streptomycin

Words related to "antibiotic"

Words related to "streptomycin"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.