depression vs low spirits

low spirits vs depression

depression and low spirits both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
depression	Yes	No	No	No
low spirits	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, low spirits is a hyponym of depression; that is, low spirits is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than depression:

depression: a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
low spirits: a state of mild depression

Other hyponyms of depression include melancholia, blue devils, blues, megrims, vapors, vapours, blue funk, funk, melancholy, slough of despond, dejection.

depression (noun)	low spirits (noun)
pushing down	a state of mild depression
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
a sunken or depressed geological formation
angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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