cure vs ointment

ointment vs cure

cure and ointment both are nouns.

cure is a verb but ointment is not a verb.

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

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

cure: 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 cure 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.

cure (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

cure (verb)	ointment (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 ointment

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