different between hypnotic vs clorazepate

English

Alternative forms

• hypnotick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (hupn?tikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ???? (hupnô, “I put to sleep”), from ????? (húpnos, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?p?n?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

hypnotic (comparative more hypnotic, superlative most hypnotic)

1. Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
2. (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; soporific.

Synonyms

• captivating
• mesmeric

Derived terms

• hypnotically

Related terms

• hypnotize
• hypnotism
• hypnotist
• hypnosis

Translations

Noun

hypnotic (plural hypnotics)

1. A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
2. (pharmacology) A soporific substance.

Translations

Further reading

• hypnotic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hypnotic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Pythonic, Typhonic, phytonic, pythonic, typhonic

English

Etymology

From chlor- +? -azepate (“diazepam derivative”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kl???æz.??pe?t/

Noun

clorazepate (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A benzodiazepine tranquilizer taken orally in the form of its dipotassium salt C₁₆H₁₀ClKN₂O₃·KOH to treat anxiety, partial seizures, and acute alcohol withdrawal.

References

• “clorazepate”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).