hypoglossal vs twelfth cranial nerve

hypoglossal and twelfth cranial nerve both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of hypoglossal include hypoglossal nerve, nervus hypoglosus.

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