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impregnate vs medicate

medicate vs impregnate

impregnate and medicate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
impregnate No No Yes No
medicate No No Yes No
As verbs, medicate is a hyponym of impregnate; that is, medicate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than impregnate:
  • impregnate: infuse or fill completely
  • medicate: impregnate with a medicinal substance
Other hyponyms of impregnate include alcoholise, alcoholize, imbue, soak, ammonify, thoriate, stuff, charge, drench, imbrue.
impregnate (verb) medicate (verb)
make pregnant treat medicinally, treat with medicine
fertilize and cause to grow impregnate with a medicinal substance
infuse or fill completely
fill, as with a certain quality
Difference between impregnate and medicate

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