psychological condition vs mental illness

mental illness vs psychological condition

psychological condition and mental illness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
psychological condition	Yes	No	No	No
mental illness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental illness is a hyponym of psychological condition; that is, mental illness 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
mental illness: any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

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, psychopathy, agitation, depression, elation, annoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation, enchantment, spell, trance, disassociation, dissociation, catathymia, monoideism, syntony, decentering, decentration.

psychological condition (noun)	mental illness (noun)
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic	any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

Difference between psychological condition and mental illness

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