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psychosis vs mental disease

mental disease vs psychosis

psychosis and mental disease both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
psychosis Yes No No No
mental disease Yes No No No
As nouns, mental disease is a hypernym of psychosis; that is, mental disease is a word with a broader meaning than psychosis:
  • psychosis: any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
  • mental disease: any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
Other hypernyms of psychosis include mental illness, psychopathy.
psychosis (noun) mental disease (noun)
any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
Difference between psychosis and mental disease

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