diethylstilbestrol vs DES

diethylstilbestrol and DES both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diethylstilbestrol	Yes	No	No	No
DES	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, diethylstilbestrol and DES are synonyms defined as:

diethylstilbestrol and DES: a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry

Other synonyms of diethylstilbestrol include diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol.

diethylstilbestrol (noun)	DES (noun)
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry	synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
	a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry