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prescription vs medicine

medicine vs prescription

prescription and medicine both are nouns.

prescription is an adjective but medicine is not an adjective.

prescription is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prescription Yes Yes No No
medicine Yes No Yes No
As nouns, medicine is a hypernym of prescription; that is, medicine 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
  • medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of prescription include medicament, medication, medicinal drug.
prescription (noun) medicine (noun)
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions punishment for one's actions
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 (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
prescription (adjective) medicine (adjective)
available only with a doctor's written prescription
prescription (verb) medicine (verb)
treat medicinally, treat with medicine
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