febrifuge vs medication

febrifuge and medication both are nouns.

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

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

febrifuge: any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever
medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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

febrifuge (noun)	medication (noun)
any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or alleviate fever	the act of treating with medicines or remedies
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease