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clinical depression vs major affective disorder

major affective disorder vs clinical depression

clinical depression and major affective disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clinical depression Yes No No No
major affective disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, major affective disorder is a hypernym of clinical depression; that is, major affective disorder is a word with a broader meaning than clinical depression:
  • clinical depression: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
  • major affective disorder: any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
Other hypernyms of clinical depression include affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance.
clinical depression (noun) major affective disorder (noun)
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
Difference between clinical depression and major affective disorder

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