prescription vs direction

direction vs prescription

prescription and direction both are nouns.

prescription is an adjective but direction is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prescription	Yes	Yes	No	No
direction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, direction is a hypernym of prescription; that is, direction is a word with a broader meaning than prescription:

prescription: directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
direction: a message describing how something is to be done

Other hypernyms of prescription include instruction.

prescription (noun)	direction (noun)
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist	the act of managing something
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions	the act of setting and holding a course
written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient	a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person	the concentration of attention or energy on something
	something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
	a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
	a message describing how something is to be done
	a line leading to a place or point
	the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

prescription (adjective)	direction (adjective)
available only with a doctor's written prescription

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