diseased person vs patient

patient vs diseased person

diseased person and patient both are nouns.

diseased person is not an adjective while patient is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
diseased person	Yes	No	No	No
patient	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, patient is a hyponym of diseased person; that is, patient is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than diseased person:

diseased person: a person suffering from an illness
patient: a person who requires medical care

Other hyponyms of diseased person include anorectic, anorexic, bulimic, consumptive, lunger, tubercular, convalescent, depressive, diabetic, dyspeptic, epileptic, bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac, incurable, insomniac, sleepless person, invalid, shut-in, lazar, leper, lunatic, maniac, manic-depressive, mongoloid, monomaniac, narcoleptic, neurasthenic, mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic, psycho, psychotic, psychotic person, rheumatic, syphilitic, valetudinarian, spewer, vomiter.

diseased person (noun)	patient (noun)
a person suffering from an illness	the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
	a person who requires medical care

diseased person (adjective)	patient (adjective)
	enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance

Difference between diseased person and patient

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