lactide vs heterocycle

lactide and heterocycle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lactide	Yes	No	No	No
heterocycle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, heterocycle is a hypernym of lactide; that is, heterocycle is a word with a broader meaning than lactide:

lactide: any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones.
heterocycle: a compound containing a heterocyclic ring

Other hypernyms of lactide include heterocyclic, heterocyclic compound.

lactide (noun)	heterocycle (noun)
any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones.	a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon
	a compound containing a heterocyclic ring