plasminogen activator vs protease

plasminogen activator and protease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plasminogen activator	Yes	No	No	No
protease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, protease is a hypernym of plasminogen activator; that is, protease is a word with a broader meaning than plasminogen activator:

plasminogen activator: protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis
protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis

Other hypernyms of plasminogen activator include peptidase, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme.

plasminogen activator (noun)	protease (noun)
protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis	any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis

plasminogen activator vs protease

plasminogen activator and protease both are nouns.

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