mental retardation vs savant syndrome

mental retardation and savant syndrome both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mental retardation	Yes	No	No	No
savant syndrome	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, savant syndrome is a hyponym of mental retardation; that is, savant syndrome is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental retardation:

mental retardation: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
savant syndrome: A condition in which a person with a mental disability, such as an autism spectrum disorder, demonstrates profound and prodigious capacities or abilities far in excess of what would be considered normal.

Other hyponyms of mental retardation include abnormality, mental defectiveness, mental deficiency, moronity, amentia, idiocy, imbecility.

mental retardation (noun)	savant syndrome (noun)
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities	A condition in which a person with a mental disability, such as an autism spectrum disorder, demonstrates profound and prodigious capacities or abilities far in excess of what would be considered normal.

mental retardation vs savant syndrome

mental retardation and savant syndrome both are nouns.

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