pressor vs Hypertensin

Hypertensin vs pressor

pressor and Hypertensin both are nouns.

pressor is an adjective but Hypertensin is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pressor	Yes	Yes	No	No
Hypertensin	Yes	No	No	No

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

pressor: any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure
Hypertensin: any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels

Other hyponyms of pressor include adrenergic, adrenergic drug, angiotensin, angiotonin, lypressin, naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed, vasopressor, cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature, noradrenaline, norepinephrine, Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin, epinephrine, ADH, antidiuretic hormone, Pitressin, vasopressin, nicotine.

pressor (noun)	Hypertensin (noun)
any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure	any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels

pressor (adjective)	Hypertensin (adjective)
increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure

Difference between pressor and Hypertensin

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