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paranoid schizophrenia vs schizophrenia

schizophrenia vs paranoid schizophrenia

paranoid schizophrenia and schizophrenia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
paranoid schizophrenia Yes No No No
schizophrenia Yes No No No
As nouns, schizophrenia is a hypernym of paranoid schizophrenia; that is, schizophrenia is a word with a broader meaning than paranoid schizophrenia:
  • paranoid schizophrenia: a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
  • schizophrenia: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Other hypernyms of paranoid schizophrenia include dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis.
paranoid schizophrenia (noun) schizophrenia (noun)
a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
Difference between paranoid schizophrenia and schizophrenia

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