placebo vs active placebo

placebo and active placebo both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
placebo	Yes	No	No	No
active placebo	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, active placebo is a hyponym of placebo; that is, active placebo is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than placebo:

placebo: an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
active placebo: a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects

placebo (noun)	active placebo (noun)
(Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead	a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects
an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

placebo vs active placebo

placebo and active placebo both are nouns.

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