thiamine vs B vitamin

thiamine and B vitamin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thiamine	Yes	No	No	No
B vitamin	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, B vitamin is a hypernym of thiamine; that is, B vitamin is a word with a broader meaning than thiamine:

thiamine: a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth
B vitamin: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins

Other hypernyms of thiamine include B-complex vitamin, B, B complex, vitamin B, vitamin B complex.

thiamine (noun)	B vitamin (noun)
a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth	originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins