antibiotic vs tobramycin

tobramycin vs antibiotic

antibiotic and tobramycin both are nouns.

antibiotic is an adjective but tobramycin is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, tobramycin is a hyponym of antibiotic; that is, tobramycin 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
tobramycin: an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative 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, novobiocin, Mycostatin, Nystan, nystatin, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin, penicillin, polymyxin, Primaxin, pyocyanase, pyocyanin, spectinomycin, streptomycin, streptothricin, subtilin, Nebcin, tyrocidin, tyrocidine, tyrothricin, Vancocin, vancomycin, Viocin, viomycin.

antibiotic (noun)	tobramycin (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	an antibiotic (trade name Nebcin) that is especially effective against Gram-negative bacteria

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

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