glucocorticoid vs hormone

glucocorticoid and hormone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
glucocorticoid	Yes	No	No	No
hormone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hormone is a hypernym of glucocorticoid; that is, hormone is a word with a broader meaning than glucocorticoid:

glucocorticoid: a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity
hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

Other hypernyms of glucocorticoid include endocrine, internal secretion, adrenal cortical steroid, corticoid, corticosteroid.

glucocorticoid (noun)	hormone (noun)
a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity	the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect