enzyme vs de-iodinase

de-iodinase vs enzyme

enzyme and de-iodinase both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
enzyme	Yes	No	No	No
de-iodinase	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, de-iodinase is a hyponym of enzyme; that is, de-iodinase 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
de-iodinase: an enzyme that removes the iodine radical

Other hyponyms of enzyme include ADA, adenosine deaminase, amylase, cholinesterase, coagulase, collagenase, complement, catalase, Cox, cyclooxygenase, decarboxylase, disaccharidase, elastase, enterokinase, histaminase, hyaluronidase, Hyazyme, spreading factor, isomerase, kinase, lipase, lysozyme, muramidase, MAO, monoamine oxidase, nitrogenase, nuclease, oxidase, oxidoreductase, papain, beta-lactamase, 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)	de-iodinase (noun)
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions	an enzyme that removes the iodine radical

Difference between enzyme and de-iodinase

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