disturbance vs affective disorder

affective disorder vs disturbance

disturbance and affective disorder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disturbance	Yes	No	No	No
affective disorder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, affective disorder is a hyponym of disturbance; that is, affective disorder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disturbance:

disturbance: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
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 hyponyms of disturbance include Asperger's syndrome, anxiety disorder, psychosomatic disorder, aberration, conversion disorder, conversion hysteria, conversion reaction, delirium, delusional disorder, encopresis, folie a deux, personality disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder, schizothymia, neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis, dissociative disorder.

disturbance (noun)	affective disorder (noun)
the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion	any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
a noisy fight
activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
a disorderly outburst or tumult
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
an unhappy and worried mental state

Difference between disturbance and affective disorder

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