depersonalisation vs dissociative disorder

dissociative disorder vs depersonalisation

depersonalisation and dissociative disorder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
depersonalisation	Yes	No	No	No
dissociative disorder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, dissociative disorder is a hypernym of depersonalisation; that is, dissociative disorder is a word with a broader meaning than depersonalisation:

depersonalisation: emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
dissociative disorder: dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down

depersonalisation (noun)	dissociative disorder (noun)
representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality	dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness
(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

Difference between depersonalisation and dissociative disorder

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