sixth cranial nerve vs nervus abducens

sixth cranial nerve and nervus abducens both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sixth cranial nerve	Yes	No	No	No
nervus abducens	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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

sixth cranial nerve (noun)	nervus abducens (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