WordCmp.com

fugue vs mental state

mental state vs fugue

fugue and mental state both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fugue Yes No No No
mental state Yes No No No
As nouns, mental state is a hypernym of fugue; that is, mental state is a word with a broader meaning than fugue:
  • fugue: a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
  • mental state: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
Other hypernyms of fugue include mental condition, psychological condition, psychological state.
fugue (noun) mental state (noun)
a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state
Difference between fugue and mental state

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.