dissociative disorder vs mental disturbance

mental disturbance vs dissociative disorder

dissociative disorder and mental disturbance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dissociative disorder	Yes	No	No	No
mental disturbance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental disturbance is a hypernym of dissociative disorder; that is, mental disturbance is a word with a broader meaning than dissociative disorder:

dissociative disorder: dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
mental disturbance: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

Other hypernyms of dissociative disorder include disturbance, folie, mental disorder, psychological disorder, disassociation, dissociation.

dissociative disorder (noun)	mental disturbance (noun)
dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down	(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

dissociative disorder vs mental disturbance

dissociative disorder and mental disturbance both are nouns.

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