alleviator vs cure

alleviator and cure both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
alleviator	Yes	No	No	No
cure	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cure is a hypernym of alleviator; that is, cure is a word with a broader meaning than alleviator:

Other hypernyms of alleviator include curative, remedy, therapeutic.

alleviator (noun)	cure (noun)
remedy that alleviates pain without curing	a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
a therapist who makes suffering more endurable

alleviator (verb)	cure (verb)
	provide a cure for, make healthy again
	prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
	be or become preserved
	make (substances) hard and improve their usability