antiepileptic drug vs medicine

medicine vs antiepileptic drug

antiepileptic drug and medicine both are nouns.

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

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

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

antiepileptic drug: a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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

antiepileptic drug (noun)	medicine (noun)
a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)	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

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

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