hormone vs catecholamine

catecholamine vs hormone

hormone and catecholamine both are nouns.

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

As nouns, catecholamine is a hyponym of hormone; that is, catecholamine 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
catecholamine: any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland

Other hyponyms of hormone include ACTH, 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, 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)	catecholamine (noun)
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect	any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland

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