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sedative vs medicine

medicine vs sedative

sedative and medicine both are nouns.

sedative is an adjective but medicine is not an adjective.

sedative is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sedative Yes Yes No No
medicine Yes No Yes No
As nouns, medicine is a hypernym of sedative; that is, medicine is a word with a broader meaning than sedative:
  • sedative: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
  • medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of sedative include drug of abuse, street drug, medicament, medication, medicinal drug.
sedative (noun) medicine (noun)
a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person 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
sedative (adjective) medicine (adjective)
tending to soothe or tranquilize
sedative (verb) medicine (verb)
treat medicinally, treat with medicine
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