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affective disorder vs depressive disorder

depressive disorder vs affective disorder

affective disorder and depressive disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
affective disorder Yes No No No
depressive disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, depressive disorder is a hyponym of affective disorder; that is, depressive disorder 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
  • depressive disorder: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
affective disorder (noun) depressive disorder (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 depressive disorder

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