glucose vs dextrose

glucose and dextrose both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
glucose	Yes	No	No	No
dextrose	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dextrose is a hyponym of glucose; that is, dextrose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than glucose:

glucose: a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy
dextrose: an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits

Other hyponyms of glucose include glucosamine, corn sugar, dextroglucose, grape sugar, blood glucose, blood sugar.

glucose (noun)	dextrose (noun)
a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy	an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits