hormone vs glucagon

glucagon vs hormone

hormone and glucagon both are nouns.

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

As nouns, glucagon is a hyponym of hormone; that is, glucagon 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
glucagon: a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)

Other hyponyms of hormone include ACTH, adrenocorticotrophic hormone, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotropic hormone, adrenocorticotropin, corticotrophin, corticotropin, gastrointestinal hormone, GI hormones, 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)	glucagon (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 secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)

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