vermicide vs medicine

medicine vs vermicide

vermicide and medicine both are nouns.

vermicide is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
vermicide	Yes	No	No	No
medicine	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, medicine is a hypernym of vermicide; that is, medicine is a word with a broader meaning than vermicide:

vermicide: an agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines)
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of vermicide include medicament, medication, medicinal drug, agent.

vermicide (noun)	medicine (noun)
an agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines)	the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
	punishment for one's actions
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
	the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

vermicide (verb)	medicine (verb)
	treat medicinally, treat with medicine

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