corticotropin vs hormone

corticotropin and hormone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corticotropin	Yes	No	No	No
hormone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hormone is a hypernym of corticotropin; that is, hormone is a word with a broader meaning than corticotropin:

corticotropin: a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex
hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

Other hypernyms of corticotropin include endocrine, internal secretion.

corticotropin (noun)	hormone (noun)
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex	the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect