mental state vs trauma

trauma vs mental state

mental state and trauma both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mental state	Yes	No	No	No
trauma	Yes	No	No	No

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

mental state: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
trauma: an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects

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

mental state (noun)	trauma (noun)
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic	an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

Difference between mental state and trauma

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