anxiety vs psychological state

psychological state vs anxiety

anxiety and psychological state both are nouns.

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

As nouns, psychological state is a hypernym of anxiety; that is, psychological 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
psychological 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, mental state, psychological condition.

anxiety (noun)	psychological 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 psychological state

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