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Therapeutic vs Healing - What's the difference?

therapeutic | healing |

As an adjective therapeutic

is of, or relating to therapy.

As a noun healing is

the process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.

As a verb healing is

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therapeutic

English

Alternative forms

* therapeutick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to therapy.
  • Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
  • Therapeutic or curative physic.
  • * Isaac Watts
  • Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic , or the art of restoring it.

    Synonyms

    * * *

    healing

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia healing)
  • The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.
  • An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
  • The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.
  • Derived terms

    * healing art

    Verb

    (head)