mental condition vs mental illness

mental illness vs mental condition

mental condition and mental illness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mental condition	Yes	No	No	No
mental illness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental illness is a hyponym of mental condition; that is, mental illness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental condition:

mental condition: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
mental illness: any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

Other hyponyms of mental condition include cognitive state, state of mind, frame of mind, state of mind, aboulia, abulia, anhedonia, depersonalisation, depersonalization, hypnosis, fugue, psychic trauma, trauma, morale, anxiety, anxiousness, hallucinosis, identity crisis, nerves, nervousness, delusion, psychotic belief, mental health, mental disease, psychopathy, agitation, depression, elation, annoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation, enchantment, spell, trance, disassociation, dissociation, catathymia, monoideism, syntony, decentering, decentration.

mental condition (noun)	mental illness (noun)
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic	any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

Difference between mental condition and mental illness

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