leech vs remedy

leech

noun
  • A healer. 

  • A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion. 

  • The aft edge of a triangular sail. 

  • An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. 

  • The vertical edge of a square sail. 

verb
  • To drain (resources) without giving back. 

  • To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient. 

remedy

noun
  • A medicine, application, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease. 

  • Something that corrects or counteracts. 

  • The accepted tolerance or deviation in fineness or weight in the production of gold coins etc. 

  • The legal means to recover a right or to prevent or obtain redress for a wrong. 

verb
  • To provide or serve as a remedy for. 

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