vermifuge vs medicine

medicine vs vermifuge

vermifuge and medicine both are nouns.

vermifuge is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

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

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

vermifuge: a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of vermifuge include medicament, medication, medicinal drug.

vermifuge (noun)	medicine (noun)
a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms	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

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

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