enzyme vs monoamine oxidase

monoamine oxidase vs enzyme

enzyme and monoamine oxidase both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
enzyme	Yes	No	No	No
monoamine oxidase	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, monoamine oxidase is a hyponym of enzyme; that is, monoamine oxidase 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
monoamine oxidase: an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)

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, 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)	monoamine oxidase (noun)
any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions	an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)

Difference between enzyme and monoamine oxidase

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