melancholy vs depression

depression vs melancholy

melancholy and depression both are nouns.

melancholy is an adjective but depression is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
melancholy	Yes	Yes	No	No
depression	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, depression is a hypernym of melancholy; that is, depression is a word with a broader meaning than melancholy:

melancholy: a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
depression: a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

melancholy (noun)	depression (noun)
a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy	pushing down
a feeling of thoughtful sadness	sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed	a sunken or depressed geological formation
	angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
	a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
	a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
	an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
	a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
	a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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

Difference between melancholy and depression

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