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St. Joseph vs painkiller

painkiller vs St. Joseph

St. Joseph and painkiller both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
St. Joseph Yes No No No
painkiller Yes No No No
As nouns, painkiller is a hypernym of St. Joseph; that is, painkiller is a word with a broader meaning than St. Joseph:
  • St. Joseph: the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
  • painkiller: a medicine used to relieve pain
Other hypernyms of St. Joseph include analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, salicylate.
St. Joseph (noun) painkiller (noun)
the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets a medicine used to relieve pain
a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express
Difference between St. Joseph and painkiller

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