antibiotic drug vs tyrocidine

tyrocidine vs antibiotic drug

antibiotic drug and tyrocidine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antibiotic drug	Yes	No	No	No
tyrocidine	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tyrocidine is a hyponym of antibiotic drug; that is, tyrocidine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than antibiotic drug:

antibiotic drug: a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections
tyrocidine: a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin

Other hyponyms of antibiotic drug 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, tyrothricin, Vancocin, vancomycin, Viocin, viomycin.

antibiotic drug (noun)	tyrocidine (noun)
a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections	a basic polypeptide antibiotic derived from a soil bacterium; a major component of tyrothricin

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