psychological disorder vs aberration

aberration vs psychological disorder

psychological disorder and aberration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
psychological disorder	Yes	No	No	No
aberration	Yes	No	No	No

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

psychological disorder: (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
aberration: a disorder in one's mental state

Other hyponyms of psychological disorder include Asperger's syndrome, anxiety disorder, psychosomatic disorder, conversion disorder, conversion hysteria, conversion reaction, delirium, delusional disorder, encopresis, folie a deux, personality disorder, affective disorder, emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder, schizothymia, neurosis, neuroticism, psychoneurosis, dissociative disorder.

psychological disorder (noun)	aberration (noun)
(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness	an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
	a disorder in one's mental state
	a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Difference between psychological disorder and aberration

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