medicate vs dose

medicate is not a noun while dose is a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
medicate	No	No	Yes	No
dose	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, dose is a hyponym of medicate; that is, dose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than medicate:

Other hyponyms of medicate include drug, salve.

medicate (noun)	dose (noun)
	a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
	street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
	the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

medicate (verb)	dose (verb)
treat medicinally, treat with medicine	administer a drug to
impregnate with a medicinal substance	treat with an agent; add (an agent) to