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shock treatment vs therapy

therapy vs shock treatment

shock treatment and therapy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shock treatment Yes No No No
therapy Yes No No No
As nouns, therapy is a hypernym of shock treatment; that is, therapy is a word with a broader meaning than shock treatment:
  • shock treatment: treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
  • therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
Other hypernyms of shock treatment include treatment.
shock treatment (noun) therapy (noun)
treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
Difference between shock treatment and therapy

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