psychological condition vs depression

depression vs psychological condition

psychological condition and depression both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
psychological condition	Yes	No	No	No
depression	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, depression is a hyponym of psychological condition; that is, depression is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than psychological condition:

psychological condition: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
depression: a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

Other hyponyms of psychological condition 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, elation, annoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation, enchantment, spell, trance, disassociation, dissociation, catathymia, monoideism, syntony, decentering, decentration.

psychological condition (noun)	depression (noun)
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic	pushing down
	sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
	a sunken or depressed geological formation
	angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
	a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
	a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
	an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
	a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
	a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

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