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depression vs major depressive episode

major depressive episode vs depression

depression and major depressive episode both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
depression Yes No No No
major depressive episode Yes No No No
As nouns, major depressive episode is a hyponym of depression; that is, major depressive episode is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than depression:
  • depression: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
  • major depressive episode: (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
depression (noun) major depressive episode (noun)
pushing down (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
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
Difference between depression and major depressive episode

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