affective disorder vs disturbance

affective disorder and disturbance both are nouns.

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

As nouns, disturbance is a hypernym of affective disorder; that is, disturbance is a word with a broader 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
disturbance: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Other hypernyms of affective disorder include folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder.

affective disorder (noun)	disturbance (noun)
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant	the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
	a noisy fight
	activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
	electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
	a disorderly outburst or tumult
	(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
	an unhappy and worried mental state

affective disorder vs disturbance

affective disorder and disturbance both are nouns.

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