subnormality vs mental deficiency

subnormality and mental deficiency both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
subnormality	Yes	No	No	No
mental deficiency	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental deficiency is a hyponym of subnormality; that is, mental deficiency is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than subnormality:

subnormality: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
mental deficiency: mild mental retardation

Other hyponyms of subnormality include abnormality, mental defectiveness, moronity, amentia, idiocy, imbecility, savant syndrome.

subnormality (noun)	mental deficiency (noun)
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities	mild mental retardation
the state of being less than normal (especially with respect to intelligence)

subnormality vs mental deficiency

subnormality and mental deficiency both are nouns.

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