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schizophrenia vs paraphrenia

paraphrenia vs schizophrenia

schizophrenia and paraphrenia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
schizophrenia Yes No No No
paraphrenia Yes No No No
As nouns, paraphrenia is a hyponym of schizophrenia; that is, paraphrenia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than schizophrenia:
  • schizophrenia: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
  • paraphrenia: a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
Other hyponyms of schizophrenia include borderline schizophrenia, latent schizophrenia, catatonia, catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, paranoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia, acute schizophrenic episode, reactive schizophrenia.
schizophrenia (noun) paraphrenia (noun)
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
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