ictus vs absence

absence vs ictus

ictus and absence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ictus	Yes	No	No	No
absence	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, absence is a hyponym of ictus; that is, absence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ictus:

ictus: a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease
absence: the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy

Other hyponyms of ictus include convulsion, focal seizure, raptus hemorrhagicus, absence seizure.

ictus (noun)	absence (noun)
a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease	failure to be present
	the state of being absent
	the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
	the time interval during which something or somebody is away

Difference between ictus and absence

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