organic compound vs steroid

steroid vs organic compound

organic compound and steroid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
organic compound	Yes	No	No	No
steroid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, steroid is a hyponym of organic compound; that is, steroid is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than organic compound:

organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical
steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects

Other hyponyms of organic compound include aldehyde, aliphatic compound, alkylbenzene, alkyl halide, haloalkane, amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid, diamine, enol, halon, peptone, quaternary ammonium compound, proenzyme, zymogen, propylthiouracil, ether, acetal, aldehyde-alcohol, aldol, alkaloid, amide, rennet, azadirachtin, thiazine, cacodyl, tetramethyldiarsine, neurochemical, acid anhydrides, acyl anhydrides, acid halide, acyl halide, coal-tar creosote, creosote, creosote, cyanide, nitril, nitrile, cyanohydrin, ester, furan, furane, furfuran, glycoside, resin, rosin, halocarbon, hemiacetal, erythrocytolysin, erythrolysin, haemolysin, hemolysin, humic substance, hydrocarbon, ketone, macromolecule, supermolecule, nitrobenzene, oxime, petrochemical, creatine phosphate, creatine phosphoric acid, phosphocreatine, phenol, pyrimidine, quassia, nonsteroid, nonsteroidal, thiouracil, carbamide, urea, imide, xanthine, organometallic compound, hydrazide, stearate, cyclamate.

organic compound (noun)	steroid (noun)
any compound of carbon and another element or a radical	any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects
	any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs

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