antipyretic vs medication

antipyretic and medication both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
antipyretic	Yes	Yes	No	No
medication	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medication is a hypernym of antipyretic; that is, medication is a word with a broader meaning than antipyretic:

antipyretic: any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of antipyretic include medicament, medicinal drug, medicine.

antipyretic (noun)	medication (noun)
any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever	the act of treating with medicines or remedies
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

antipyretic (adjective)	medication (adjective)
preventing or alleviating fever