abnormality vs retardation

retardation vs abnormality

abnormality and retardation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abnormality	Yes	No	No	No
retardation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, retardation is a hypernym of abnormality; that is, retardation is a word with a broader meaning than abnormality:

abnormality: retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
retardation: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities

Other hypernyms of abnormality include backwardness, mental retardation, slowness, subnormality.

abnormality (noun)	retardation (noun)
behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality	the act of slowing down or falling behind
marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal	a decrease in rate of change
retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence	lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies	any agent that retards or delays or hinders
	the extent to which something is delayed or held back

Difference between abnormality and retardation

Words related to "abnormality"

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