depression vs major affective disorder

depression and major affective disorder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
depression	Yes	No	No	No
major affective disorder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, major affective disorder is a hypernym of depression; that is, major affective disorder is a word with a broader meaning than depression:

depression: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
major affective disorder: any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

Other hypernyms of depression include affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance.

depression (noun)	major affective disorder (noun)
pushing down	any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
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

depression vs major affective disorder

depression and major affective disorder both are nouns.

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