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urinary incontinence vs stress incontinence

stress incontinence vs urinary incontinence

urinary incontinence and stress incontinence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
urinary incontinence Yes No No No
stress incontinence Yes No No No
As nouns, stress incontinence is a hyponym of urinary incontinence; that is, stress incontinence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than urinary incontinence:
  • urinary incontinence: inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination
  • stress incontinence: urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining
Other hyponyms of urinary incontinence include bed-wetting, overflow incontinence, urge incontinence.
urinary incontinence (noun) stress incontinence (noun)
inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining
Difference between urinary incontinence and stress incontinence

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