curative vs ointment

ointment vs curative

curative and ointment both are nouns.

curative is an adjective but ointment is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
curative	Yes	Yes	No	No
ointment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ointment is a hyponym of curative; that is, ointment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than curative:

curative: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
ointment: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

Other hyponyms of curative include acoustic, antidote, counterpoison, emetic, nauseant, vomit, vomitive, lenitive, application, lotion, magic bullet, balm, salve, unction, unguent, alleviant, alleviator, palliative, catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea, preventative, preventive, prophylactic.

curative (noun)	ointment (noun)
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain	semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
	toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin

curative (adjective)	ointment (adjective)
tending to cure or restore to health

Difference between curative and ointment

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