antidepressant drug vs medicine

medicine vs antidepressant drug

antidepressant drug and medicine both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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

antidepressant drug (noun)	medicine (noun)
any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects	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

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

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