vasoconstrictor vs vasopressin

vasoconstrictor and vasopressin both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vasoconstrictor	Yes	No	No	No
vasopressin	Yes	No	No	No

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

vasoconstrictor: any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure
vasopressin: hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules

Other hyponyms of vasoconstrictor include adrenergic, adrenergic drug, angiotensin, angiotonin, Hypertensin, lypressin, naphazoline, Privine, Sudafed, vasopressor, cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature, noradrenaline, norepinephrine, Adrenalin, adrenaline, epinephrin, epinephrine, ADH, antidiuretic hormone, Pitressin, nicotine.

vasoconstrictor (noun)	vasopressin (noun)
any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure	hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules

vasoconstrictor vs vasopressin

vasoconstrictor and vasopressin both are nouns.

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