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purgative vs medicine

medicine vs purgative

purgative and medicine both are nouns.

purgative is an adjective but medicine is not an adjective.

purgative is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
purgative Yes Yes No No
medicine Yes No Yes No
As nouns, medicine is a hypernym of purgative; that is, medicine is a word with a broader meaning than purgative:
  • purgative: a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
  • medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of purgative include medicament, medication, medicinal drug.
purgative (noun) medicine (noun)
a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels 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
purgative (adjective) medicine (adjective)
strongly laxative
purgative (verb) medicine (verb)
treat medicinally, treat with medicine
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