tenth cranial nerve vs vagus nerve

tenth cranial nerve and vagus nerve both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tenth cranial nerve	Yes	No	No	No
vagus nerve	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tenth cranial nerve and vagus nerve are synonyms defined as:

tenth cranial nerve and vagus nerve: a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera

Other synonyms of tenth cranial nerve include nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, vagus, wandering nerve.

tenth cranial nerve (noun)	vagus nerve (noun)
a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera	a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera