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affective disorder vs mental disorder

mental disorder vs affective disorder

affective disorder and mental disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
affective disorder Yes No No No
mental disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, mental disorder is a hypernym of affective disorder; that is, mental disorder 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
  • mental disorder: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Other hypernyms of affective disorder include disturbance, folie, mental disturbance, psychological disorder.
affective disorder (noun) mental disorder (noun)
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Difference between affective disorder and mental disorder

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