acataphasia vs encephalopathy

acataphasia and encephalopathy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acataphasia	Yes	No	No	No
encephalopathy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, encephalopathy is a hypernym of acataphasia; that is, encephalopathy is a word with a broader meaning than acataphasia:

acataphasia: a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner
encephalopathy: any disorder or disease of the brain

Other hypernyms of acataphasia include brain disease, brain disorder.

acataphasia (noun)	encephalopathy (noun)
a disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate a statement or to express yourself in an organized manner	any disorder or disease of the brain