therapy vs shock treatment

shock treatment vs therapy

therapy and shock treatment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
therapy	Yes	No	No	No
shock treatment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shock treatment is a hyponym of therapy; that is, shock treatment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than therapy:

therapy: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)
shock treatment: treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions

Other hyponyms of therapy include aromatherapy, chemotherapy, correction, electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy, galvanism, heliotherapy, insolation, hormone-replacement therapy, hormone replacement therapy, HRT, immunotherapy, infrared therapy, inflation therapy, electromotive drug administration, EMDA, ionic medication, iontophoresis, iontotherapy, medication, megavitamin therapy, occupational therapy, physiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapy, botanical medicine, herbal therapy, phytotherapy, psychotherapy, actinotherapy, irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy, shock therapy, speech therapy, refrigeration, thermotherapy, thrombolytic therapy.

therapy (noun)	shock treatment (noun)
(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)	treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions

Difference between therapy and shock treatment

Words related to "shock treatment"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.