Asperger's syndrome vs mental disturbance

mental disturbance vs Asperger's syndrome

Asperger's syndrome and mental disturbance both are nouns.

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

As nouns, mental disturbance is a hypernym of Asperger's syndrome; that is, mental disturbance 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 disturbance: (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 disorder, psychological disorder.

Asperger's syndrome (noun)	mental disturbance (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 disturbance

Asperger's syndrome and mental disturbance both are nouns.

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