Laxative vs. Purgative

Laxative and Purgative Definitions
Laxative
A food or drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels.
Purgative
Tending to cleanse or purge, especially causing evacuation of the bowels.
Laxative
Stimulating evacuation of the bowels.
Purgative
A purgative agent or medicine; a cathartic.
Laxative
Causing looseness or relaxation, especially of the bowels.
Purgative
(capable of) purging
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Laxative
Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
Purgative
Something, such as a substance or medicine, that purges; laxative
Laxative
Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.
Purgative
Having the power or quality of purging; cathartic.
Laxative
Having a tendency to loosen or relax.
Purgative
A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
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Laxative
Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; - opposed to astringent.
Purgative
Strongly laxative
Laxative
A mild cathartic
Laxative
Stimulating evacuation of feces