psychology vs psychopathology

psychopathology vs psychology

psychology and psychopathology both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
psychology	Yes	No	No	No
psychopathology	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, psychopathology is a hyponym of psychology; that is, psychopathology is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than psychology:

psychology: the science of mental life
psychopathology: the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior

Other hyponyms of psychology include abnormal psychology, applied psychology, industrial psychology, cognitive psychology, animal psychology, comparative psychology, child psychology, developmental psychology, genetic psychology, differential psychology, experimental psychology, psychonomics, neuropsychology, physiological psychology, psychophysiology, psychometrics, psychometrika, psychometry, social psychology, introspectionism.

psychology (noun)	psychopathology (noun)
the science of mental life	the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
	the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior

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