sucralfate vs medication

sucralfate and medication both are nouns.

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

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

sucralfate: medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it
medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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

sucralfate (noun)	medication (noun)
medicine consisting of a tablet (trade name Carafate) used to treat peptic ulcers; said to bind to the ulcer site and coat it	the act of treating with medicines or remedies
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease