sex hormone vs hormone

sex hormone and hormone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sex hormone	Yes	No	No	No
hormone	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hormone is a hypernym of sex hormone; that is, hormone is a word with a broader meaning than sex hormone:

sex hormone: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs
hormone: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect

Other hypernyms of sex hormone include endocrine, internal secretion.

sex hormone (noun)	hormone (noun)
any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex organs	the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect