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clinical depression vs psychotic depression

psychotic depression vs clinical depression

clinical depression and psychotic depression both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clinical depression Yes No No No
psychotic depression Yes No No No
As nouns, psychotic depression is a hyponym of clinical depression; that is, psychotic depression 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
  • psychotic depression: a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments
clinical depression (noun) psychotic depression (noun)
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments
Difference between clinical depression and psychotic depression

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