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Paracetamol vs Morphine - What's the difference?

paracetamol | morphine |

As nouns the difference between paracetamol and morphine

is that paracetamol is (british|pharmaceutical drug|uncountable) an nsaid used to treat mild pain while morphine is a crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

paracetamol

English

(wikipedia paracetamol)

Noun

  • (British, pharmaceutical drug, uncountable) An NSAID used to treat mild pain.
  • (British, pharmaceutical drug, countable) A paracetamol tablet.

    • Synonyms

    * acetaminophen (US)

    morphine

    English

    (wikipedia morphine)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * codeine * heroin