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mental disease vs psychological state

psychological state vs mental disease

mental disease and psychological state both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mental disease Yes No No No
psychological state Yes No No No
As nouns, psychological state is a hypernym of mental disease; that is, psychological state 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
  • psychological state: (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 condition, mental state, psychological condition.
mental disease (noun) psychological state (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 psychological state

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