Prescription vs Script - What's the difference?
prescription | script |
(legal) The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc. .
(legal) A period of time within which a right must be exercised, unless the right is extinguished.
(medicine) A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.
(medicine) The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.
(ophthalmology) The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc. .
A piece of advice.
(of a drug, etc. ) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription
(countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.
Written characters; style of writing.
(typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
(countable, legal) An original instrument or document.
(countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
(computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
(linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
An abbreviation for a prescription.
As nouns the difference between prescription and script
is that prescription is the act of prescribing a rule, law, etc. while script is a writing; a written document.As an adjective prescription
is (of a drug, etc.) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner's written prescription.As a verb script is
to make or write a script.prescription
English
(wikipedia prescription)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- "Jurisdiction to prescribe " is a state's authority to make its laws applicable to certain persons or activities. -- Richard G. Alexander, Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996: Congress exceeds its jurisdiction to prescribe law. Washington and Lee Law Review, 1997.
- The prescription governing the victim’s right to enter a charge shall be interrupted by virtue of section 95 of the Criminal Code.
- The surgeon wrote a prescription for a pain killer and physical therapy.
- The pharmacist gave her a bottle containing her prescription .
- The optician followed the optometrist's prescription for her new eyeglasses.
- "Early to bed and early to rise" is a prescription for a healthy lifestyle.
Adjective
(head)- Many powerful pain killers are prescription drugs in the U.S.
