prescription drug vs medicine

medicine vs prescription drug

prescription drug and medicine both are nouns.

prescription drug is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prescription drug	Yes	No	No	No
medicine	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

prescription drug: 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 drug include medicament, medication, medicinal drug.

prescription drug (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
	punishment for one's actions
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
	the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

prescription drug (verb)	medicine (verb)
	treat medicinally, treat with medicine

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