stimulant vs reinforcement

reinforcement vs stimulant

stimulant and reinforcement both are nouns.

stimulant is an adjective but reinforcement is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stimulant	Yes	Yes	No	No
reinforcement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reinforcement is a hyponym of stimulant; that is, reinforcement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stimulant:

stimulant: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
reinforcement: (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

Other hyponyms of stimulant include elicitation, evocation, induction, kick, turn-on, negative stimulation, turnoff, conditioned stimulus, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus, cue, discriminative stimulus, positive stimulus, negative stimulus.

stimulant (noun)	reinforcement (noun)
a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process	an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action	a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
	a device designed to provide additional strength
	(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
	information that makes more forcible or convincing

stimulant (adjective)	reinforcement (adjective)
that stimulates

Difference between stimulant and reinforcement

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