styptic vs medication

styptic and medication both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
styptic	Yes	Yes	No	No
medication	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medication is a hypernym of styptic; that is, medication is a word with a broader meaning than styptic:

styptic: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of styptic include medicament, medicinal drug, medicine.

styptic (noun)	medication (noun)
a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals	the act of treating with medicines or remedies
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

styptic (adjective)	medication (adjective)
tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels