dopa vs aminoalkanoic acid

dopa and aminoalkanoic acid both are nouns.

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

As nouns, aminoalkanoic acid is a hypernym of dopa; that is, aminoalkanoic 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
aminoalkanoic acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group

Other hypernyms of dopa include amino acid.

dopa (noun)	aminoalkanoic 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