antidiarrheal drug vs medicine

medicine vs antidiarrheal drug

antidiarrheal drug and medicine both are nouns.

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

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

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

antidiarrheal drug: a drug used to control or stop diarrhea
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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

antidiarrheal drug (noun)	medicine (noun)
a drug used to control or stop diarrhea	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

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

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