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syndrome vs Tourette's syndrome

Tourette's syndrome vs syndrome

syndrome and Tourette's syndrome both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
syndrome Yes No No No
Tourette's syndrome Yes No No No
As nouns, Tourette's syndrome is a hyponym of syndrome; that is, Tourette's syndrome is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than syndrome:
  • syndrome: a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
  • Tourette's syndrome: neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia
syndrome (noun) Tourette's syndrome (noun)
a complex of concurrent things neurological disorder characterized by facial grimaces and tics and movements of the upper body and grunts and shouts and coprolalia
a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
Difference between syndrome and Tourette's syndrome

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