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paranoid schizophrenia vs schizophrenic disorder

schizophrenic disorder vs paranoid schizophrenia

paranoid schizophrenia and schizophrenic disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
paranoid schizophrenia Yes No No No
schizophrenic disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, schizophrenic disorder is a hypernym of paranoid schizophrenia; that is, schizophrenic disorder 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
  • schizophrenic disorder: 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, schizophrenia, schizophrenic psychosis.
paranoid schizophrenia (noun) schizophrenic disorder (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
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