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emotional disorder vs manic depressive illness

manic depressive illness vs emotional disorder

emotional disorder and manic depressive illness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
emotional disorder Yes No No No
manic depressive illness Yes No No No
As nouns, manic depressive illness is a hyponym of emotional disorder; that is, manic depressive illness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than emotional disorder:
  • emotional disorder: any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
  • manic depressive illness: a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
emotional disorder (noun) manic depressive illness (noun)
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
Difference between emotional disorder and manic depressive illness

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