hormone vs glucocorticoid

glucocorticoid vs hormone

hormone and glucocorticoid both are nouns.

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

As nouns, glucocorticoid is a hyponym of hormone; that is, glucocorticoid 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
glucocorticoid: a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity

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, 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)	glucocorticoid (noun)
the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect	a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity

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