mesotron vs K particle

mesotron and K particle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mesotron	Yes	No	No	No
K particle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, K particle is a hyponym of mesotron; that is, K particle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mesotron:

mesotron: an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0
K particle: an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision

Other hyponyms of mesotron include b-meson, J particle, psi particle, k-meson, kaon, kappa-meson, pi-meson, pion.

mesotron (noun)	K particle (noun)
an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0	an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision