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manic depressive illness vs affective disorder

affective disorder vs manic depressive illness

manic depressive illness and affective disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
manic depressive illness Yes No No No
affective disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, affective disorder is a hypernym of manic depressive illness; that is, affective disorder is a word with a broader meaning than manic depressive illness:
  • manic depressive illness: a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
  • 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 manic depressive illness include emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder.
manic depressive illness (noun) affective disorder (noun)
a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
Difference between manic depressive illness and affective disorder

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