anxiety vs mental state

mental state vs anxiety

anxiety and mental state both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anxiety	Yes	No	No	No
mental state	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental state is a hypernym of anxiety; that is, mental state is a word with a broader meaning than anxiety:

anxiety: (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
mental state: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic

Other hypernyms of anxiety include mental condition, psychological condition, psychological state.

anxiety (noun)	mental state (noun)
a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune	(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

Difference between anxiety and mental state

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