Antidote vs Corrective - What's the difference?
antidote | corrective | Synonyms |
A remedy to counteract the effects of poison (often followed by "against," "for," or "to") .
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Something that counteracts or prevents something harmful.
To counteract as an antidote.
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Of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct
Qualifying; limiting.
* Holdsworth
Something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability
(obsolete) limitation; restriction
Antidote is a synonym of corrective.
As nouns the difference between antidote and corrective
is that antidote is while corrective is something that corrects or counteracts something, especially an injury or disability.As an adjective corrective is
of or pertaining to correction; serving to correct.antidote
English
Noun
(wikipedia antidote) (en noun)- She reached the hospital in time to receive the antidote for the snake venom.
- We need an antidote for this misinformation.
Verb
(antidot)- For his part, the patient must avoid some commonplace substances in order to avoid antidoting or stopping the action of the homeopathic remedy
See also
* theriacReferences
* ----corrective
English
Adjective
(-)- As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes .
- The Psalmist interposeth this corrective particle.
Noun
(en noun)- alkalies are correctives of acids
- penalties are correctives of immoral conduct