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prescription vs medicament

medicament vs prescription

prescription and medicament both are nouns.

prescription is an adjective but medicament is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prescription Yes Yes No No
medicament Yes No No No
As nouns, medicament is a hypernym of prescription; that is, medicament is a word with a broader meaning than prescription:
  • prescription: a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
  • medicament: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of prescription include medication, medicinal drug, medicine.
prescription (noun) medicament (noun)
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
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
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
prescription (adjective) medicament (adjective)
available only with a doctor's written prescription
Difference between prescription and medicament

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