retrovirus vs human T-cell leukemia virus-1

human T-cell leukemia virus-1 vs retrovirus

retrovirus and human T-cell leukemia virus-1 both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
retrovirus	Yes	No	No	No
human T-cell leukemia virus-1	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, human T-cell leukemia virus-1 is a hyponym of retrovirus; that is, human T-cell leukemia virus-1 is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than retrovirus:

retrovirus: any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
human T-cell leukemia virus-1: retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia

Other hyponyms of retrovirus include HTLV-1, HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.

retrovirus (noun)	human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (noun)
any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNA molecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNA to DNA); the virus transcribes its RNA into a cDNA provirus that is then incorporated into the host cell	retrovirus causing T-cell leukemia

retrovirus vs human T-cell leukemia virus-1

retrovirus and human T-cell leukemia virus-1 both are nouns.

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