antibacterial drug vs medicine

medicine vs antibacterial drug

antibacterial drug and medicine both are nouns.

antibacterial drug is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antibacterial drug	Yes	No	No	No
medicine	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, medicine is a hypernym of antibacterial drug; that is, medicine is a word with a broader meaning than antibacterial drug:

antibacterial drug: any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of antibacterial drug include medicament, medication, medicinal drug.

antibacterial drug (noun)	medicine (noun)
any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth	the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
	punishment for one's actions
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
	the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

antibacterial drug (verb)	medicine (verb)
	treat medicinally, treat with medicine

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