affective disorder vs depression

depression vs affective disorder

affective disorder and depression both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
affective disorder	Yes	No	No	No
depression	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, depression is a hyponym of affective disorder; that is, 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
depression: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

Other hyponyms of affective disorder include clinical depression, depressive disorder, mania, manic disorder, bipolar disorder, manic-depressive psychosis, manic depression, manic depressive illness.

affective disorder (noun)	depression (noun)
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant	pushing down
	sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
	a sunken or depressed geological formation
	angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
	a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
	a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
	an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
	a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
	a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

Difference between affective disorder and depression

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