antiviral vs medicine

medicine vs antiviral

antiviral and medicine both are nouns.

antiviral is an adjective but medicine is not an adjective.

antiviral is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

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

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

antiviral: any drug that destroys viruses
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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

antiviral (noun)	medicine (noun)
any drug that destroys viruses	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

antiviral (adjective)	medicine (adjective)
inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses

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

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