gene delivery vector vs vector

gene delivery vector and vector both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gene delivery vector	Yes	No	No	No
vector	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vector is a hypernym of gene delivery vector; that is, vector is a word with a broader meaning than gene delivery vector:

gene delivery vector: a vector for delivering genes into cells
vector: any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease

Other hypernyms of gene delivery vector include transmitter.

gene delivery vector (noun)	vector (noun)
a vector for delivering genes into cells	(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
	a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
	any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
	a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction