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Concoction vs Concoctive - What's the difference?

concoction | concoctive |

As a noun concoction

is (obsolete) digestion (of food etc).

As an adjective concoctive is

of or pertaining to digestion; digestive.

concoction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.260:
    • [Sorrow] hinders concoction , refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […].
  • The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
  • A mixture prepared in such a way.
  • Something made-up, an invention.
  • (obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
    • (John Donne)
  • (obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
  • (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    concoctive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to digestion; digestive
  • Of or pertaining to concoction