beta blocker vs carvedilol

carvedilol vs beta blocker

beta blocker and carvedilol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beta blocker	Yes	No	No	No
carvedilol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, carvedilol is a hyponym of beta blocker; that is, carvedilol is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than beta blocker:

beta blocker: any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system
carvedilol: beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced

Other hyponyms of beta blocker include acebutolol, Sectral, atenolol, Tenormin, Brevibloc, esmolol, Lopressor, metoprolol, Corgard, nadolol, pindolol, Visken, Inderal, propranolol, Blocadren, timolol.

beta blocker (noun)	carvedilol (noun)
any of various drugs used in treating hypertension or arrhythmia; decreases force and rate of heart contractions by blocking beta-adrenergic receptors of the autonomic nervous system	beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced

Difference between beta blocker and carvedilol

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