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Antihistamine vs Antitussive - What's the difference?

antihistamine | antitussive |

As nouns the difference between antihistamine and antitussive

is that antihistamine is a drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies while antitussive is (pharmacology) a cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.

As an adjective antitussive is

(pharmacology) having cough suppressant abilities.

antihistamine

English

(wikipedia antihistamine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    antitussive

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) A cough suppressant or a drug that inhibits coughing.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (pharmacology) Having cough suppressant abilities.