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aphasia vs receptive aphasia

receptive aphasia vs aphasia

aphasia and receptive aphasia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
aphasia Yes No No No
receptive aphasia Yes No No No
As nouns, receptive aphasia is a hyponym of aphasia; that is, receptive aphasia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than aphasia:
  • aphasia: inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
  • receptive aphasia: aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
aphasia (noun) receptive aphasia (noun)
inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
Difference between aphasia and receptive aphasia

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