schizophrenic disorder vs acute schizophrenic episode

acute schizophrenic episode vs schizophrenic disorder

schizophrenic disorder and acute schizophrenic episode both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
schizophrenic disorder	Yes	No	No	No
acute schizophrenic episode	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, acute schizophrenic episode is a hyponym of schizophrenic disorder; that is, acute schizophrenic episode is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than schizophrenic disorder:

schizophrenic disorder: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
acute schizophrenic episode: schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

Other hyponyms of schizophrenic disorder include borderline schizophrenia, latent schizophrenia, catatonia, catatonic schizophrenia, catatonic type schizophrenia, disorganized schizophrenia, disorganized type schizophrenia, hebephrenia, hebephrenic schizophrenia, paranoic type schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, paraphrenia, paraphrenic schizophrenia, reactive schizophrenia.

schizophrenic disorder (noun)	acute schizophrenic episode (noun)
any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact	schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)

Difference between schizophrenic disorder and acute schizophrenic episode

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