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Curative vs Healing - What's the difference?

curative | healing |

As an adjective curative

is possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.

As a noun healing is

the process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.

As a verb healing is

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curative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
  • The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the '50s was amazing at the time.

    See also

    * (l) * (l) ----

    healing

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia healing)
  • The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
  • An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
  • The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.
  • Derived terms

    * healing art

    Verb

    (head)