cathartic vs aperient

cathartic and aperient both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cathartic and aperient are synonyms defined as:

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

Other synonyms of cathartic include physic, purgative.

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

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