enzyme vs isomerase

isomerase vs enzyme

enzyme and isomerase both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
enzyme	Yes	No	No	No
isomerase	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, isomerase is a hyponym of enzyme; that is, isomerase 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
isomerase: an enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form

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, 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)	isomerase (noun)
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions	an enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form

Difference between enzyme and isomerase

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