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Curative vs Medicinal - What's the difference?

curative | medicinal |

As adjectives the difference between curative and medicinal

is that curative is possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness while medicinal is medicinal.

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) ----

    medicinal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
  • Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.
  • Tasting like medicine; particularly of sweetish artificial flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice.

    • See also

    * salutary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.

    • Anagrams

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