mental state vs vexation

vexation vs mental state

mental state and vexation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, vexation is a hyponym of mental state; that is, vexation 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
vexation: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

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, 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, enchantment, spell, trance, disassociation, dissociation, catathymia, monoideism, syntony, decentering, decentration.

mental state (noun)	vexation (noun)
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic	the act of troubling or annoying someone
	something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
	anger produced by some annoying irritation
	the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed

Difference between mental state and vexation

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