specific vs medicinal drug

medicinal drug vs specific

specific and medicinal drug both are nouns.

specific is an adjective but medicinal drug is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
specific	Yes	Yes	No	No
medicinal drug	Yes	No	No	No

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

specific: a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
medicinal drug: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of specific include medicament, medication, medicine.

specific (noun)	medicinal drug (noun)
a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

specific (adjective)	medicinal drug (adjective)
(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
stated explicitly or in detail

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