psychological state vs mental illness

mental illness vs psychological state

psychological state and mental illness both are nouns.

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

As nouns, mental illness is a hyponym of psychological state; that is, mental illness 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
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 state 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 state (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 state and mental illness

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