cathartic vs medicament

cathartic and medicament both are nouns.

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

As nouns, medicament is a hypernym of cathartic; that is, medicament is a word with a broader meaning than cathartic:

cathartic: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
medicament: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of cathartic include medication, medicinal drug, medicine.

cathartic (noun)	medicament (noun)
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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