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dose vs medication

medication vs dose

dose and medication both are nouns.

dose is a verb but medication is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dose Yes No Yes No
medication Yes No No No
As nouns, medication is a hypernym of dose; that is, medication is a word with a broader meaning than dose:
  • dose: a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
  • medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of dose include medicament, medicinal drug, medicine.
dose (noun) medication (noun)
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time the act of treating with medicines or remedies
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
dose (verb) medication (verb)
administer a drug to
treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
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