specific vs medicine

medicine vs specific

specific and medicine both are nouns.

specific is an adjective but medicine is not an adjective.

specific is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

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

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

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

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

specific (noun)	medicine (noun)
a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease	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 fact about some part (as opposed to general)	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

specific (adjective)	medicine (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

specific (verb)	medicine (verb)
	treat medicinally, treat with medicine

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