polymerase vs reverse transcriptase

polymerase and reverse transcriptase both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
polymerase	Yes	No	No	No
reverse transcriptase	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reverse transcriptase is a hyponym of polymerase; that is, reverse transcriptase 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
reverse transcriptase: a polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template; found especially in retroviruses

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

polymerase (noun)	reverse transcriptase (noun)
an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA	a polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA using RNA as a template; found especially in retroviruses

polymerase vs reverse transcriptase

polymerase and reverse transcriptase both are nouns.

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