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mental disease vs mental condition

mental condition vs mental disease

mental disease and mental condition both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mental disease Yes No No No
mental condition Yes No No No
As nouns, mental condition is a hypernym of mental disease; that is, mental condition is a word with a broader meaning than mental disease:
  • mental disease: any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
  • mental condition: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
Other hypernyms of mental disease include mental state, psychological condition, psychological state.
mental disease (noun) mental condition (noun)
any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
Difference between mental disease and mental condition

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