releasing factor vs releasing hormone

releasing factor and releasing hormone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
releasing factor	Yes	No	No	No
releasing hormone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, releasing factor and releasing hormone are synonyms defined as:

releasing factor and releasing hormone: any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone

Other synonyms of releasing factor include hypothalamic releasing factor, hypothalamic releasing hormone, RH.

As nouns, releasing factor and releasing hormone are synonyms defined as:

releasing factor and releasing hormone: a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland

Other synonyms of releasing factor include RF.

releasing factor (noun)	releasing hormone (noun)
any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone	any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone
a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland	a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland