panacea vs curative

panacea and curative both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
panacea	Yes	No	No	No
curative	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, curative is a hypernym of panacea; that is, curative is a word with a broader meaning than panacea:

panacea: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
curative: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

Other hypernyms of panacea include cure, remedy, therapeutic.

panacea (noun)	curative (noun)
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists	a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

panacea (adjective)	curative (adjective)
	tending to cure or restore to health