gluteal muscle vs glute

gluteal muscle and glute both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gluteal muscle	Yes	No	No	No
glute	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gluteal muscle and glute are synonyms defined as:

gluteal muscle and glute: any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh

Other synonyms of gluteal muscle include gluteus, gluteus muscle.

gluteal muscle (noun)	glute (noun)
any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh	any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh