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Laxative vs Laxativeness - What's the difference?

laxative | laxativeness |

As nouns the difference between laxative and laxativeness

is that laxative is any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect while laxativeness is the quality of being laxative.

As an adjective laxative

is having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.

laxative

English

(wikipedia laxative)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.

    • See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

    • See also

    *

    Coordinate terms

    * (l) — urination ----

    laxativeness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being laxative.
    • (Webster 1913)