antidepressant vs medicinal drug

antidepressant and medicinal drug both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antidepressant	Yes	No	No	No
medicinal drug	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medicinal drug is a hypernym of antidepressant; that is, medicinal drug 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
medicinal drug: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of antidepressant include medicament, medication, medicine.

antidepressant (noun)	medicinal drug (noun)
any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

antidepressant vs medicinal drug

antidepressant and medicinal drug both are nouns.

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