mania vs major affective disorder

mania and major affective disorder both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mania	Yes	No	No	No
major affective disorder	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, major affective disorder is a hypernym of mania; that is, major affective disorder is a word with a broader meaning than mania:

mania: a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
major affective disorder: any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant

Other hypernyms of mania include affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance.

mania (noun)	major affective disorder (noun)
an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action	any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

mania vs major affective disorder

mania and major affective disorder both are nouns.

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