medicine vs symptom

medicine and symptom both are nouns.

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

medicine (noun)	symptom (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	anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
punishment for one's actions	(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

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