cure vs salve

cure and salve both are nouns.

cure and salve both are verbs.

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

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

cure: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
salve: 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, ointment, unction, unguent, alleviant, alleviator, palliative, catholicon, cure-all, nostrum, panacea, preventative, preventive, prophylactic.

cure (noun)	salve (noun)
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain	anything that remedies or heals or soothes
	semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

cure (verb)	salve (verb)
provide a cure for, make healthy again	apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve	save from ruin, destruction, or harm
be or become preserved
make (substances) hard and improve their usability

Difference between cure and salve

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