antihistamine vs medicine

medicine vs antihistamine

antihistamine and medicine both are nouns.

antihistamine is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antihistamine	Yes	No	No	No
medicine	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

antihistamine: a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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

antihistamine (noun)	medicine (noun)
a medicine used to treat allergies and hypersensitive reactions and colds; works by counteracting the effects of histamine on a receptor site	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

antihistamine (verb)	medicine (verb)
	treat medicinally, treat with medicine

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