synergy vs potentiation

synergy and potentiation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
synergy	Yes	No	No	No
potentiation	Yes	No	No	No

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

synergy: the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects
potentiation: (medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously

synergy (noun)	potentiation (noun)
the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects	(medicine) the synergistic effect of two drugs given simultaneously