WordCmp.com

prescription vs instruction

instruction vs prescription

prescription and instruction both are nouns.

prescription is an adjective but instruction is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prescription Yes Yes No No
instruction Yes No No No
As nouns, instruction is a hypernym of prescription; that is, instruction is a word with a broader meaning than prescription:
  • prescription: directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
  • instruction: a message describing how something is to be done
Other hypernyms of prescription include direction.
prescription (noun) instruction (noun)
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist the profession of a teacher
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
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 (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person a message describing how something is to be done
prescription (adjective) instruction (adjective)
available only with a doctor's written prescription
Difference between prescription and instruction

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.