congenital disorder vs Down's syndrome

Down's syndrome vs congenital disorder

congenital disorder and Down's syndrome both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
congenital disorder	Yes	No	No	No
Down's syndrome	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Down's syndrome is a hyponym of congenital disorder; that is, Down's syndrome is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than congenital disorder:

congenital disorder: a defect that is present at birth
Down's syndrome: a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation

Other hyponyms of congenital disorder include ablepharia, albinism, anencephalia, anencephaly, ametria, color blindness, color vision deficiency, colour blindness, colour vision deficiency, epispadias, clinocephalism, clinocephaly, clinodactyly, macroglossia, Down syndrome, mongolianism, mongolism, trisomy 21, acrocephaly, oxycephaly, cheiloschisis, cleft lip, harelip, cleft palate, amelia, meromelia, encephalocele, meningocele, myelomeningocele, plagiocephaly, polysomy, hermaphrodism, hermaphroditism, pseudohermaphroditism, scaphocephaly, congenital heart defect, rachischisis, schistorrhachis, spina bifida, spinocerebellar disorder, hyperdactyly, polydactyly, syndactylism, syndactyly, ankyloglossia, tongue tie.

congenital disorder (noun)	Down's syndrome (noun)
a defect that is present at birth	a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation

Difference between congenital disorder and Down's syndrome

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