somatotrophin vs hormone

somatotrophin and hormone both are nouns.

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

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

somatotrophin: a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans
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 somatotrophin include endocrine, internal secretion.

somatotrophin (noun)	hormone (noun)
a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans	the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect