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anxiety disorder vs mental disorder

mental disorder vs anxiety disorder

anxiety disorder and mental disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
anxiety disorder Yes No No No
mental disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, mental disorder is a hypernym of anxiety disorder; that is, mental disorder is a word with a broader meaning than anxiety disorder:
  • anxiety disorder: a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
  • mental disorder: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Other hypernyms of anxiety disorder include disturbance, folie, mental disturbance, psychological disorder.
anxiety disorder (noun) mental disorder (noun)
a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Difference between anxiety disorder and mental disorder

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