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major depressive episode vs depressive disorder

depressive disorder vs major depressive episode

major depressive episode and depressive disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
major depressive episode Yes No No No
depressive disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, depressive disorder is a hypernym of major depressive episode; that is, depressive disorder 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
  • depressive disorder: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Other hypernyms of major depressive episode include clinical depression, depression.
major depressive episode (noun) depressive disorder (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 depressive disorder

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