depression vs melancholy

melancholy vs depression

depression and melancholy both are nouns.

depression is not an adjective while melancholy is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
depression	Yes	No	No	No
melancholy	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, melancholy is a hyponym of depression; that is, melancholy 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
melancholy: a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

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

depression (noun)	melancholy (noun)
pushing down	a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy	a feeling of thoughtful sadness
a sunken or depressed geological formation	a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
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 (adjective)	melancholy (adjective)
	grave or even gloomy in character
	characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

Difference between depression and melancholy

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