law enforcement agency vs Drug Enforcement Administration

Drug Enforcement Administration vs law enforcement agency

law enforcement agency and Drug Enforcement Administration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
law enforcement agency	Yes	No	No	No
Drug Enforcement Administration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Drug Enforcement Administration is a hyponym of law enforcement agency; that is, Drug Enforcement Administration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than law enforcement agency:

law enforcement agency: an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws
Drug Enforcement Administration: federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations

Other hyponyms of law enforcement agency include FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, FLETC, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN, ATF, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, CID, Criminal Investigation Command, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command, DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency, BoP, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Judiciary, National Institute of Justice, NIJ, Marshals, United States Marshals Service, US Marshals Service, constabulary, law, police, police force.

law enforcement agency (noun)	Drug Enforcement Administration (noun)
an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws	federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations

Difference between law enforcement agency and Drug Enforcement Administration

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