protein vs antibody

antibody vs protein

protein and antibody both are nouns.

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

As nouns, antibody is a hyponym of protein; that is, antibody 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
antibody: any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response

Other hyponyms of protein include capsid, gluten, recombinant protein, actomyosin, aleurone, 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, lactoglobulin.

protein (noun)	antibody (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	any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response

Difference between protein and antibody

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