pravastatin vs statin

pravastatin and statin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pravastatin	Yes	No	No	No
statin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, statin is a hypernym of pravastatin; that is, statin is a word with a broader meaning than pravastatin:

pravastatin: an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks
statin: a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase

Other hypernyms of pravastatin include lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin drug.

pravastatin (noun)	statin (noun)
an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks	a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase