thyrotropic hormone vs hormone

thyrotropic hormone and hormone both are nouns.

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

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

thyrotropic hormone: anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland
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 thyrotropic hormone include endocrine, internal secretion.

thyrotropic hormone (noun)	hormone (noun)
anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the function of the thyroid gland	the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect