aperient vs cathartic

aperient and cathartic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aperient	Yes	Yes	No	No
cathartic	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, aperient and cathartic are synonyms defined as:

aperient and cathartic: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

Other synonyms of aperient include physic, purgative.

aperient (noun)	cathartic (noun)
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels	a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

aperient (adjective)	cathartic (adjective)
mildly laxative	emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
	strongly laxative
	emotionally purging