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PTSD vs combat fatigue

combat fatigue vs PTSD

PTSD and combat fatigue both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
PTSD Yes No No No
combat fatigue Yes No No No
As nouns, combat fatigue is a hyponym of PTSD; that is, combat fatigue is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than PTSD:
  • PTSD: an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images
  • combat fatigue: a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
Other hyponyms of PTSD include battle fatigue, combat neurosis, shell shock.
PTSD (noun) combat fatigue (noun)
an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
Difference between PTSD and combat fatigue

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