hypoglossal nerve vs hypoglossal

hypoglossal nerve and hypoglossal both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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