melancholy vs black bile

black bile vs melancholy

melancholy and black bile both are nouns.

melancholy is an adjective but black bile is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
melancholy	Yes	Yes	No	No
black bile	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, melancholy and black bile are synonyms defined as:

melancholy and black bile: a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy

melancholy (noun)	black bile (noun)
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy	a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed

melancholy (adjective)	black bile (adjective)
grave or even gloomy in character
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness

Difference between melancholy and black bile

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