medicine vs festering

medicine and festering both are nouns.

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

medicine (noun)	festering (noun)
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	a fluid product of inflammation
punishment for one's actions	(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

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