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aperient vs medicinal drug

medicinal drug vs aperient

aperient and medicinal drug both are nouns.

aperient is an adjective but medicinal drug is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
aperient Yes Yes No No
medicinal drug Yes No No No
As nouns, medicinal drug is a hypernym of aperient; that is, medicinal drug is a word with a broader meaning than aperient:
  • aperient: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
  • medicinal drug: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of aperient include medicament, medication, medicine.
aperient (noun) medicinal drug (noun)
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
aperient (adjective) medicinal drug (adjective)
mildly laxative
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