medicine

Compared meaning: a substance used to treat illness (noun).

比较义项：药，药物（用于治疗疾病的物质）（名词）。

• medicine 本词

  The everyday, general word for a substance that treats illness; common in casual speech and used for things like cough syrup or pills a child takes.

  这是日常、通用的说法，指用于治病的物质；常用于口语，也可指儿童吃的止咳糖浆或药片等。

  Don't forget to take your medicine before you go to bed tonight.

  今晚睡觉前别忘了吃药。

• medication

  A more formal, clinical word, typically used for prescribed drugs taken regularly for an ongoing condition; common in medical or professional contexts.

  这是更正式、更医学化的说法，通常指为治疗长期病症而定期服用的处方药，常见于医疗或专业语境。

  The doctor adjusted her medication after reviewing her latest test results.

  医生在查看了她最新的检查结果后调整了她的药物治疗方案。

Medicine and medication both mean a substance that treats illness. Medicine is the everyday, general word, common in casual speech, like cough syrup a child takes. Medication is more formal and clinical, typically for prescribed drugs taken for an ongoing condition, common in medical contexts.

这两个词在这个义项上意思很接近，都指用于治病的物质，但medicine更口语、更通用，medication更正式、更常见于医疗或处方语境。这里不比较medicine作为学科“医学”的意思。