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antidepressant vs medication

medication vs antidepressant

antidepressant and medication both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
antidepressant Yes No No No
medication Yes No No No
As nouns, medication is a hypernym of antidepressant; that is, medication is a word with a broader meaning than antidepressant:
  • antidepressant: any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects
  • medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of antidepressant include medicament, medicinal drug, medicine.
antidepressant (noun) medication (noun)
any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects the act of treating with medicines or remedies
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
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