hormone vs ACTH

ACTH vs hormone

hormone and ACTH both are nouns.

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

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

hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
ACTH: a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex

Other hyponyms of hormone include adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin, gastrointestinal hormone, GI hormones, glucagon, gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropin, insulin, melatonin, neurohormone, oxytocin, Pitocin, parathormone, parathyroid hormone, relaxin, hypothalamic releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, releasing factor, releasing hormone, RH, growth hormone, human growth hormone, somatotrophic hormone, somatotrophin, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin, STH, thymosin, thyroid hormone, ADH, antidiuretic hormone, Pitressin, vasopressin, sex hormone, steroid, steroid hormone, adrenosterone, glucocorticoid, catecholamine, melanocyte-stimulating hormone, MSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyrotrophic hormone, thyrotrophin, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotropin, TSH, protirelin, thyrotropin-releasing factor, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, TRF, TRH.

hormone (noun)	ACTH (noun)
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect	a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal cortex

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