impulse vs death instinct

impulse and death instinct both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
impulse	Yes	No	No	No
death instinct	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, death instinct is a hyponym of impulse; that is, death instinct is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than impulse:

impulse: an instinctive motive
death instinct: (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die

Other hyponyms of impulse include abience, adience, death wish, Thanatos, itchy feet, wanderlust.

impulse (noun)	death instinct (noun)
the act of applying force suddenly	(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
an impelling force or strength
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
a sudden desire
an instinctive motive

impulse vs death instinct

impulse and death instinct both are nouns.

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