The difference between Course and Medicine
When used as nouns, course means a normal or customary sequence, whereas medicine means a substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
When used as verbs, course means to run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood), whereas medicine means to treat with medicine.
check bellow for the other definitions of Course and Medicine
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Course as a noun (especially in, _, medicine):
A sequence of events. A normal or customary sequence. A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding. Any ordered process or sequence or steps. A learning program, as in a school. A treatment plan. A stage of a meal. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
Examples:
"The normal course of events seems to be just one damned thing after another."
"I need to take a French course."
"We offer seafood as the first course."
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Course as a noun (sports):
A path that something or someone moves along. The itinerary of a race. A racecourse. The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse. The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc. A golf course. The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment. The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
Examples:
"His illness ran its course."
"The cross-country course passes the canal."
"The ship changed its course 15 degrees towards south."
"A course was plotted to traverse the ocean."
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Course as a noun (nautical):
The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
Examples:
"Main course and mainsail are the same thing in a sailing ship."
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Course as a noun (in the plural, '''[[courses]]''', obsolete, euphemistic):
Menses.
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Course as a noun (masonry):
A row or file of objects. A row of bricks or blocks. A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system. In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
Examples:
"On a building that size, two crews could only lay two courses in a day."
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Course as a noun (music):
One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to played together.
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Course as a verb:
To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
Examples:
"The oil coursed through the engine."
"Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries."
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Course as a verb (transitive):
To run through or over.
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Course as a verb (transitive):
To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
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Course as a verb (transitive):
To cause to chase after or pursue game.
Examples:
"to course greyhounds after deer"
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Course as an adverb (colloquial):
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Medicine as a noun:
A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
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Medicine as a noun:
A treatment or cure.
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Medicine as a noun:
The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
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Medicine as a noun:
The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
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Medicine as a noun:
Ritual Native American magic used by a medicine man to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting, warfare etc.
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Medicine as a noun:
Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act as a protective charm, or to cause healing.
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Medicine as a noun (obsolete):
black magic, superstition.
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Medicine as a noun (obsolete):
A philter or love potion.
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Medicine as a noun (obsolete):
A physician.
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Medicine as a noun (slang):
recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks
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Medicine as a verb (rare, obsolete):
To treat with medicine.