epilepsy vs temporal lobe epilepsy

temporal lobe epilepsy vs epilepsy

epilepsy and temporal lobe epilepsy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
epilepsy	Yes	No	No	No
temporal lobe epilepsy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, temporal lobe epilepsy is a hyponym of epilepsy; that is, temporal lobe epilepsy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than epilepsy:

epilepsy: a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
temporal lobe epilepsy: epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations

Other hyponyms of epilepsy include akinetic epilepsy, cortical epilepsy, focal epilepsy, epilepsia major, generalized epilepsy, grand mal, grand mal epilepsy, Lafora's disease, myoclonus epilepsy, epilepsia minor, petit mal, petit mal epilepsy, posttraumatic epilepsy, traumatic epilepsy, procursive epilepsy, psychomotor epilepsy, reflex epilepsy, status epilepticus, tonic epilepsy.

epilepsy (noun)	temporal lobe epilepsy (noun)
a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions	epilepsy characterized clinically by impairment of consciousness and amnesia for the episode; often involves purposeful movements of the arms and legs and sometimes hallucinations

Difference between epilepsy and temporal lobe epilepsy

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