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receptive aphasia vs aphasia

aphasia vs receptive aphasia

receptive aphasia and aphasia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
receptive aphasia Yes No No No
aphasia Yes No No No
As nouns, aphasia is a hypernym of receptive aphasia; that is, aphasia is a word with a broader meaning than receptive aphasia:
  • receptive aphasia: aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
  • aphasia: inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
receptive aphasia (noun) aphasia (noun)
aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
Difference between receptive aphasia and aphasia

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