fugue vs psychological state

psychological state vs fugue

fugue and psychological state both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fugue	Yes	No	No	No
psychological state	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, psychological state is a hypernym of fugue; that is, psychological state is a word with a broader meaning than fugue:

fugue: a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days
psychological 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, mental state, psychological condition.

fugue (noun)	psychological 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 psychological state

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