Analgesic vs Opiate - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between analgesic and opiate

is that analgesic is any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness while opiate is a drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.

As adjectives the difference between analgesic and opiate

is that analgesic is of or relating to analgesia; anodyne while opiate is relating to, resembling, or containing opium.

As a verb opiate is

to treat with an opiate drug.

analgesic

English

Noun

(en noun)

(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain without inducing unconsciousness.

* 2004 , Jocoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health , Marshall Cavendish, pg. 137:

I am taking an analgesic . Is it safe to drink alcholic beverages?

* 2010 , Associated Press staff, Cadence signs option to buy Incline] ([http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GFT6CO0.htm original copy), Bloomberg Businessweek:

Incline makes Ionsys, a potential analgesic for adult inpatients requiring opioid pain treatment after surgery.

Hyponyms

* See also

References

* " Analgesics]". [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html MeSH 2010 , National Library of Medicine.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(medicine) Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.

External links

* (wikipedia "analgesic")

References

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Anagrams

opiate

English

Adjective

(-)

Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.

Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.

Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

Noun

(wikipedia opiate) (en noun)

A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.

Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.

* Bentley

They chose atheism as an opiate .

Hypernyms

* opioid

Verb

(opiat)

To treat with an opiate drug.