Asperger's syndrome vs mental disorder

Asperger's syndrome and mental disorder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Asperger's syndrome	Yes	No	No	No
mental disorder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental disorder is a hypernym of Asperger's syndrome; that is, mental disorder is a word with a broader meaning than Asperger's syndrome:

Asperger's syndrome: a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years; characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior
mental disorder: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Other hypernyms of Asperger's syndrome include disturbance, folie, mental disturbance, psychological disorder.

Asperger's syndrome (noun)	mental disorder (noun)
a psychiatric disorder usually noted during early school years; characterized by impaired social relations and by repetitive patterns of behavior	(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Asperger's syndrome vs mental disorder

Asperger's syndrome and mental disorder both are nouns.

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