glutethimide vs sedative

glutethimide and sedative both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
glutethimide	Yes	No	No	No
sedative	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, sedative is a hypernym of glutethimide; that is, sedative is a word with a broader meaning than glutethimide:

glutethimide: sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders
sedative: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

Other hypernyms of glutethimide include depressant, downer, sedative drug.

glutethimide (noun)	sedative (noun)
sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders	a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person

glutethimide (adjective)	sedative (adjective)
	tending to soothe or tranquilize