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Opiate vs Narcotics - What's the difference?

opiate | narcotics |

As nouns the difference between opiate and narcotics

is that opiate is "opiates" while narcotics is .

opiate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
  • Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
  • Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia opiate) (en noun)
  • A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
  • Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
  • * Bentley
    • They chose atheism as an opiate .

    Hypernyms

    * opioid

    Verb

    (opiat)
  • To treat with an opiate drug.

    • See also

    * codeine * morphine * papaverine * thebaine ----

    narcotics

    English

    Noun

    (head)