antibiotic vs tyrothricin

tyrothricin vs antibiotic

antibiotic and tyrothricin both are nouns.

antibiotic is an adjective but tyrothricin is not an adjective.

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

As nouns, tyrothricin is a hyponym of antibiotic; that is, tyrothricin 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
tyrothricin: a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused 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, novobiocin, Mycostatin, Nystan, nystatin, hydroxytetracycline, oxytetracycline, oxytetracycline hydrochloride, Terramycin, penicillin, polymyxin, Primaxin, pyocyanase, pyocyanin, spectinomycin, streptomycin, streptothricin, subtilin, Nebcin, tobramycin, tyrocidin, tyrocidine, Vancocin, vancomycin, Viocin, viomycin.

antibiotic (noun)	tyrothricin (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	a mixture of antibiotics applied locally to infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria

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

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