remedy vs medicine

medicine vs remedy

remedy and medicine both are nouns.

remedy and medicine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
remedy	Yes	No	Yes	No
medicine	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

remedy: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of remedy include medicament, medication, medicinal drug.

remedy (noun)	medicine (noun)
act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil	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
a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain	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

remedy (verb)	medicine (verb)
provide relief for	treat medicinally, treat with medicine
set straight or right

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