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depressant vs medicine

medicine vs depressant

depressant and medicine both are nouns.

depressant is an adjective but medicine is not an adjective.

depressant is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
depressant Yes Yes No No
medicine Yes No Yes No
As nouns, medicine is a hypernym of depressant; that is, medicine is a word with a broader meaning than depressant:
  • depressant: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
  • medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of depressant include drug of abuse, street drug, medicament, medication, medicinal drug.
depressant (noun) medicine (noun)
a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
punishment for one's actions
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
depressant (adjective) medicine (adjective)
capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
depressant (verb) medicine (verb)
treat medicinally, treat with medicine
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