monosaccharide vs hexose

monosaccharide and hexose both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
monosaccharide	Yes	No	No	No
hexose	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hexose is a hyponym of monosaccharide; that is, hexose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than monosaccharide:

monosaccharide: a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
hexose: a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule

Other hyponyms of monosaccharide include triose, tetrose, pentose, aldose, ketose, heptose.

monosaccharide (noun)	hexose (noun)
a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates	a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule

monosaccharide vs hexose

monosaccharide and hexose both are nouns.

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