vaccine vs pneumococcal vaccine

vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vaccine	Yes	No	No	No
pneumococcal vaccine	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pneumococcal vaccine is a hyponym of vaccine; that is, pneumococcal vaccine is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vaccine:

vaccine: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies
pneumococcal vaccine: vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus

Other hyponyms of vaccine include DPT vaccine, Pneumovax, poliovirus vaccine, proteosome, proteosome vaccine.

vaccine (noun)	pneumococcal vaccine (noun)
immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies	vaccine (trade name Pneumovax) effective against the 23 most common strains of pneumococcus

vaccine vs pneumococcal vaccine

vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine both are nouns.

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