sudatory vs medication

sudatory and medication both are nouns.

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

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

sudatory: a medicine that causes or increases sweating
medication: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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

sudatory (noun)	medication (noun)
a bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths	the act of treating with medicines or remedies
a medicine that causes or increases sweating	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease