schizophrenic disorder vs paraphrenia

schizophrenic disorder and paraphrenia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
schizophrenic disorder	Yes	No	No	No
paraphrenia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, paraphrenia is a hyponym of schizophrenic disorder; that is, paraphrenia 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
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 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, paraphrenic schizophrenia, acute schizophrenic episode, reactive schizophrenia.

schizophrenic disorder (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

schizophrenic disorder vs paraphrenia

schizophrenic disorder and paraphrenia both are nouns.

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