sixth cranial nerve vs abducent nerve

sixth cranial nerve and abducent nerve both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sixth cranial nerve	Yes	No	No	No
abducent nerve	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sixth cranial nerve and abducent nerve are synonyms defined as:

sixth cranial nerve and abducent nerve: a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye

Other synonyms of sixth cranial nerve include abducens, abducens nerve, abducent, nervus abducens.

sixth cranial nerve (noun)	abducent nerve (noun)
a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye	a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye