enzyme vs beta-lactamase

beta-lactamase vs enzyme

enzyme and beta-lactamase both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
enzyme	Yes	No	No	No
beta-lactamase	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, beta-lactamase is a hyponym of enzyme; that is, beta-lactamase is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than enzyme:

enzyme: any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
beta-lactamase: enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic

Other hyponyms of enzyme include ADA, adenosine deaminase, amylase, cholinesterase, coagulase, collagenase, complement, catalase, Cox, cyclooxygenase, decarboxylase, de-iodinase, disaccharidase, elastase, enterokinase, histaminase, hyaluronidase, Hyazyme, spreading factor, isomerase, kinase, lipase, lysozyme, muramidase, MAO, monoamine oxidase, nitrogenase, nuclease, oxidase, oxidoreductase, papain, penicillinase, pepsin, pepsinogen, phosphatase, fibrinolysin, plasmin, polymerase, peptidase, protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme, reductase, chymosin, rennin, secretase, streptodornase, streptokinase, SOD, superoxide dismutase, telomerase, transferase, trypsin, urease, zymase, convertase.

enzyme (noun)	beta-lactamase (noun)
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions	enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic

Difference between enzyme and beta-lactamase

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