Therapeutic vs Cathartic - What's the difference?
therapeutic | cathartic |
Of, or relating to therapy.
Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
* Sir Thomas Browne
* Isaac Watts
purgative; inducing catharsis
That releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience
As adjectives the difference between therapeutic and cathartic
is that therapeutic is of, or relating to therapy while cathartic is purgative; inducing catharsis.As a noun cathartic is
a laxative.therapeutic
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Alternative forms
* therapeutick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Therapeutic or curative physic.
- Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic , or the art of restoring it.
