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major depressive episode vs clinical depression

clinical depression vs major depressive episode

major depressive episode and clinical depression both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
major depressive episode Yes No No No
clinical depression Yes No No No
As nouns, clinical depression is a hypernym of major depressive episode; that is, clinical depression is a word with a broader meaning than major depressive episode:
  • major depressive episode: (psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
  • clinical depression: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Other hypernyms of major depressive episode include depression, depressive disorder.
major depressive episode (noun) clinical depression (noun)
(psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Difference between major depressive episode and clinical depression

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