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psychotic depression vs clinical depression

clinical depression vs psychotic depression

psychotic depression and clinical depression both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
psychotic depression Yes No No No
clinical depression Yes No No No
As nouns, clinical depression is a hypernym of psychotic depression; that is, clinical depression is a word with a broader meaning than psychotic depression:
  • psychotic depression: a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments
  • clinical depression: a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Other hypernyms of psychotic depression include depression, depressive disorder.
psychotic depression (noun) clinical depression (noun)
a state of depression so severe that the person loses contact with reality and suffers a variety of functional impairments a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Difference between psychotic depression and clinical depression

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