festering vs medicine

festering and medicine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
festering	Yes	No	No	No
medicine	Yes	No	Yes	No

festering (noun)	medicine (noun)
a fluid product of inflammation	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
(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus	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

festering (verb)	medicine (verb)
	treat medicinally, treat with medicine