sudorific vs medication

sudorific and medication both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

sudorific (noun)	medication (noun)
a medicine that causes or increases sweating	the act of treating with medicines or remedies
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

sudorific (adjective)	medication (adjective)
inducing perspiration