somatotropin vs hormone

somatotropin and hormone both are nouns.

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

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

somatotropin: 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 somatotropin include endocrine, internal secretion.

somatotropin (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