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clinical depression vs major depressive episode

major depressive episode vs clinical depression

clinical depression and major depressive episode both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clinical depression Yes No No No
major depressive episode Yes No No No
As nouns, major depressive episode is a hyponym of clinical depression; that is, major depressive episode is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clinical depression:
  • clinical depression: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
  • major depressive episode: (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
clinical depression (noun) major depressive episode (noun)
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
Difference between clinical depression and major depressive episode

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