polymerase vs RNA polymerase

polymerase and RNA polymerase both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
polymerase	Yes	No	No	No
RNA polymerase	Yes	No	No	No

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

polymerase: an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA
RNA polymerase: the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA

Other hyponyms of polymerase include DNA polymerase, transcriptase, reverse transcriptase.

polymerase (noun)	RNA polymerase (noun)
an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA	the enzyme that copies DNA into RNA

polymerase vs RNA polymerase

polymerase and RNA polymerase both are nouns.

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