cranial nerve vs facial

facial vs cranial nerve

cranial nerve and facial both are nouns.

cranial nerve is not an adjective while facial is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cranial nerve	Yes	No	No	No
facial	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, facial is a hyponym of cranial nerve; that is, facial is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cranial nerve:

cranial nerve: any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem
facial: cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles

Other hyponyms of cranial nerve include first cranial nerve, nervii olfactorii, olfactory nerve, nervus opticus, optic nerve, optic tract, second cranial nerve, nervus oculomotorius, oculomotor, oculomotor nerve, third cranial nerve, fourth cranial nerve, trochlear, trochlear nerve, trochlearis, fifth cranial nerve, nervus trigeminus, trigeminal, trigeminal nerve, trigeminus, abducens, abducens nerve, abducent, abducent nerve, nervus abducens, sixth cranial nerve, facial nerve, nervus facialis, seventh cranial nerve, acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, eighth cranial nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, vestibulocochlear nerve, glossopharyngeal nerve, nervus glossopharyngeus, ninth cranial nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, vagus, vagus nerve, wandering nerve, accessory nerve, eleventh cranial nerve, nervus accessorius, spinal accessory, hypoglossal, hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve.

cranial nerve (noun)	facial (noun)
any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain stem	care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmetic creams
	cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles

cranial nerve (adjective)	facial (adjective)
	of or concerning the face
	of or pertaining to the outside surface of an object

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