therapy vs medication

medication vs therapy

therapy and medication both are nouns.

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

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

therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
medication: the act of treating with medicines or remedies

Other hyponyms of therapy include aromatherapy, chemotherapy, correction, electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanism, heliotherapy, insolation, hormone-replacement therapy, hormone replacement therapy, HRT, immunotherapy, infrared therapy, inflation therapy, electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontophoresis, iontotherapy, megavitamin therapy, occupational therapy, physiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapy, botanical medicine, herbal therapy, phytotherapy, psychotherapy, actinotherapy, irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy, shock therapy, shock treatment, speech therapy, refrigeration, thermotherapy, thrombolytic therapy.

therapy (noun)	medication (noun)
(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)	the act of treating with medicines or remedies
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

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