dopa vs amino acid

dopa and amino acid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dopa	Yes	No	No	No
amino acid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, amino acid is a hypernym of dopa; that is, amino acid is a word with a broader meaning than dopa:

dopa: amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain
amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group

Other hypernyms of dopa include aminoalkanoic acid.

dopa (noun)	amino acid (noun)
amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain	organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group