psychological state vs anhedonia

anhedonia vs psychological state

psychological state and anhedonia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
psychological state	Yes	No	No	No
anhedonia	Yes	No	No	No

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

psychological state: (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
anhedonia: an inability to experience pleasure

Other hyponyms of psychological state include cognitive state, state of mind, frame of mind, state of mind, aboulia, abulia, 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, depression, elation, annoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation, enchantment, spell, trance, disassociation, dissociation, catathymia, monoideism, syntony, decentering, decentration.

psychological state (noun)	anhedonia (noun)
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic	an inability to experience pleasure

Difference between psychological state and anhedonia

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