tranquillizer vs antipsychotic agent

antipsychotic agent vs tranquillizer

tranquillizer and antipsychotic agent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tranquillizer	Yes	No	No	No
antipsychotic agent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, antipsychotic agent is a hyponym of tranquillizer; that is, antipsychotic agent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tranquillizer:

tranquillizer: a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity
antipsychotic agent: tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired

Other hyponyms of tranquillizer include antipsychotic, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug, antianxiety drug, anxiolytic, anxiolytic drug, minor tranquilizer, minor tranquilliser, minor tranquillizer.

tranquillizer (noun)	antipsychotic agent (noun)
a drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity	tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired

Difference between tranquillizer and antipsychotic agent

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