pain pill vs St. Joseph

St. Joseph vs pain pill

pain pill and St. Joseph both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pain pill	Yes	No	No	No
St. Joseph	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, St. Joseph is a hyponym of pain pill; that is, St. Joseph is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pain pill:

pain pill: a medicine used to relieve pain
St. Joseph: the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets

Other hyponyms of pain pill include acetaminophen, Anacin III, Datril, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Tylenol, acetanilid, acetanilide, phenylacetamide, acetophenetidin, acetphenetidin, phenacetin, amidopyrine, aminopyrine, acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin, Bayer, Empirin, codeine, colchicine, Fentanyl, Sublimaze, Dilaudid, hydromorphone, hydromorphone hydrochloride, morphia, morphine, pentazocine, Talwin, phenazopyridine, Pyridium, Darvon, propoxyphene, propoxyphene hydrochloride, sodium salicylate.

pain pill (noun)	St. Joseph (noun)
a medicine used to relieve pain	the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
	a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express

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