protein vs aleurone

aleurone vs protein

protein and aleurone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
protein	Yes	No	No	No
aleurone	Yes	No	No	No

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

protein: any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes
aleurone: granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains

Other hyponyms of protein include capsid, gluten, recombinant protein, actomyosin, amyloid, apoenzyme, compound protein, conjugated protein, enzyme, fibrin, filaggrin, growth factor, haptoglobin, iodinated protein, iodoprotein, nucleoprotein, opsin, phosphoprotein, plasma protein, prostate specific antigen, PSA, proteome, simple protein, cytokine, ferritin, antibody, lactoglobulin.

protein (noun)	aleurone (noun)
any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes	granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many seeds or cereal grains

Difference between protein and aleurone

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