drug cocktail vs highly active antiretroviral therapy

drug cocktail and highly active antiretroviral therapy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drug cocktail	Yes	No	No	No
highly active antiretroviral therapy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, drug cocktail and highly active antiretroviral therapy are synonyms defined as:

drug cocktail and highly active antiretroviral therapy: a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV

Other synonyms of drug cocktail include HAART.

drug cocktail (noun)	highly active antiretroviral therapy (noun)
a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV	a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV