hypoglossal vs hypoglossal nerve

hypoglossal and hypoglossal nerve both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hypoglossal	Yes	No	No	No
hypoglossal nerve	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hypoglossal and hypoglossal nerve are synonyms defined as:

hypoglossal and hypoglossal nerve: supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles

Other synonyms of hypoglossal include nervus hypoglosus, twelfth cranial nerve.

hypoglossal (noun)	hypoglossal nerve (noun)
supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles	supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles