Restorative vs Curative - What's the difference?
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Something with restoring properties.
(euphemistic) An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.
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Serving to restore.
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Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
As adjectives the difference between restorative and curative
is that restorative is serving to restore while curative is possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.As a noun restorative
is something with restoring properties.restorative
English
Noun
(en noun)References
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(head)- After a long day working in the fields Clarence took comfort in a restorative pint of beer.
- Destroys life's enemy, / Hunger, with sweet restorative delight.
Anagrams
*curative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the '50s was amazing at the time.