cure vs balm

cure and balm both are nouns.

cure is a verb but balm is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cure	Yes	No	Yes	No
balm	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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

cure (noun)	balm (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
	any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing

cure (verb)	balm (verb)
provide a cure for, make healthy again
prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
be or become preserved
make (substances) hard and improve their usability

Difference between cure and balm

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