apothecary vs quack

apothecary

noun
  • Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore. 

  • A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine. 

quack

noun
  • A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients 

  • Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional. 

  • The sound made by a duck. 

  • Any doctor. 

verb
  • To make a noise like a duck. 

  • Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development. 

  • To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine). 

adj
  • Falsely presented as having medicinal powers. 

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