expectorator vs medication

expectorator and medication both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
expectorator	Yes	No	No	No
medication	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medication is a hypernym of expectorator; that is, medication is a word with a broader meaning than expectorator:

expectorator: a medicine promoting expectoration
medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of expectorator include medicament, medicinal drug, medicine.

expectorator (noun)	medication (noun)
a medicine promoting expectoration	the act of treating with medicines or remedies
a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease