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emotional disturbance vs psychological disorder

psychological disorder vs emotional disturbance

emotional disturbance and psychological disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
emotional disturbance Yes No No No
psychological disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, psychological disorder is a hypernym of emotional disturbance; that is, psychological disorder is a word with a broader meaning than emotional disturbance:
  • emotional disturbance: any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
  • psychological disorder: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Other hypernyms of emotional disturbance include disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance.
emotional disturbance (noun) psychological disorder (noun)
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
Difference between emotional disturbance and psychological disorder

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