antiviral agent vs medicine

medicine vs antiviral agent

antiviral agent and medicine both are nouns.

antiviral agent is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

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

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

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

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

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

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