dyspnea vs shortness of breath

dyspnea and shortness of breath both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dyspnea	Yes	No	No	No
shortness of breath	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shortness of breath is a hyponym of dyspnea; that is, shortness of breath is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dyspnea:

dyspnea: difficult or labored respiration
shortness of breath: a dyspneic condition

Other hyponyms of dyspnea include orthopnea, breathlessness, SOB.

dyspnea (noun)	shortness of breath (noun)
difficult or labored respiration	a dyspneic condition

dyspnea vs shortness of breath

dyspnea and shortness of breath both are nouns.

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