unwellness vs catastrophic illness

catastrophic illness vs unwellness

unwellness and catastrophic illness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
unwellness	Yes	No	No	No
catastrophic illness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, catastrophic illness is a hyponym of unwellness; that is, catastrophic illness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than unwellness:

unwellness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
catastrophic illness: severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines

Other hyponyms of unwellness include condition, ague, amyloidosis, anuresis, anuria, collapse, prostration, aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism, food poisoning, gastrointestinal disorder, lead poisoning, plumbism, saturnism, disease, hypermotility, indisposition, ozone sickness, toxaemia, toxaemia of pregnancy, toxemia, toxemia of pregnancy, growth.

unwellness (noun)	catastrophic illness (noun)
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism	severe illness requiring prolonged hospitalization or recovery; usually involves high costs for hospitals and doctors and medicines

Difference between unwellness and catastrophic illness

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