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affective disorder vs clinical depression

clinical depression vs affective disorder

affective disorder and clinical depression both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
affective disorder Yes No No No
clinical depression Yes No No No
As nouns, clinical depression is a hyponym of affective disorder; that is, clinical depression is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than affective disorder:
  • affective disorder: any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
  • clinical depression: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
affective disorder (noun) clinical depression (noun)
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Difference between affective disorder and clinical depression

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