enzyme vs kinase

kinase vs enzyme

enzyme and kinase both are nouns.

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

As nouns, kinase is a hyponym of enzyme; that is, kinase 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
kinase: an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme

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, 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)	kinase (noun)
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions	an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme

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