different between vulnerary vs cathartic

English

Etymology

From Latin vulner?rius, from vulnus (“wound”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v?l.n??.??.i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?v?l.n?.??.i/

Adjective

vulnerary (comparative more vulnerary, superlative most vulnerary)

1. Useful or used for healing wounds; healing, curative.
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, Chapter 28,^[1]

     Rebecca examined the wound, and having applied to it such vulnerary remedies as her art prescribed, informed her father that [...] there was nothing to fear for his guest’s life.

   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 422 (footnote):

     Take, for example, the famous vulnerary ointment attributed to Paracelsus.

2. (archaic, rare) Causing wounds, wounding.

Usage notes

• Restricted in modern use primarily to works on ethnobotany and traditional medicine.

Translations

Noun

vulnerary (plural vulneraries)

1. A healing drug or other agent used in healing and treating wounds.

Translations

See also

• vulnerable

English

Alternative forms

• cathartick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (kátharsis, “cleansing, purification”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)t?k

Adjective

cathartic (comparative more cathartic, superlative most cathartic)

1. Purgative; inducing (mental or physical) catharsis
2. That releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

cathartic (plural cathartics)

1. (medicine) A laxative.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French cathartique

Adjective

cathartic m or n (feminine singular cathartic?, masculine plural cathartici, feminine and neuter plural cathartice)

1. cathartic

Declension