defense mechanism vs conversion

conversion vs defense mechanism

defense mechanism and conversion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defense mechanism	Yes	No	No	No
conversion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, conversion is a hyponym of defense mechanism; that is, conversion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than defense mechanism:

defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
conversion: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

Other hyponyms of defense mechanism include compensation, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression, defensive attribition, passive aggression.

defense mechanism (noun)	conversion (noun)
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires	the act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another
	a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
	a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown
	act of exchanging one type of money or security for another
	a change in the units or form of an expression:
	interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
	an event that results in a transformation
	a change of religion
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

Difference between defense mechanism and conversion

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