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paraphrenia vs schizophrenia

schizophrenia vs paraphrenia

paraphrenia and schizophrenia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
paraphrenia Yes No No No
schizophrenia Yes No No No
As nouns, schizophrenia is a hypernym of paraphrenia; that is, schizophrenia is a word with a broader meaning than paraphrenia:
  • paraphrenia: 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 paraphrenia include dementia praecox, schizophrenic disorder, schizophrenic psychosis.
paraphrenia (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 paraphrenia and schizophrenia

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