Sadness vs. Depression — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sadness and Depression
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Sadness
Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic, and withdraw themselves from others.
Depression
The act of depressing.
Sadness
The condition or quality of being sad
It is one of life's sadnesses
A source of great sadness
Depression
The condition of being depressed.
Sadness
Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness
A sad face.
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Depression
An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a hollow.
Sadness
Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing
A sad movie.
Sad news.
Depression
The condition of feeling sad or despondent.
Sadness
Deplorable or inadequate; sorry
A sad state of affairs.
A sad excuse.
Depression
A mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness or inability to experience pleasure combined with other symptoms including poor concentration, indecisiveness, sleep problems, changes in appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness. Also called clinical depression, major depressive disorder.
Sadness
Dark-hued; somber.
Depression
A reduction in physiological vigor or activity
A depression in respiration.
Sadness
(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
Depression
A lowering in amount, degree, or position
Depression of stock prices.
Sadness
(countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.
Depression
A period of drastic economic decline, characterized by decreasing aggregate output, falling prices, and rising unemployment.
Sadness
Heaviness; firmness.
Depression
A period of widespread poverty and high unemployment.
Sadness
Seriousness; gravity; discretion.
Her sadness and her benignity.
Depression
Depression See Great Depression.
Sadness
Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.
Dim sadness did not spareThat time celestial visages.
Depression
(Meteorology) A region of low barometric pressure.
Sadness
Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
Depression
The angular distance below the horizontal plane through the point of observation.
Sadness
The state of being sad;
She tired of his perpetual sadness
Depression
(Astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial body below the horizon.
Depression
A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
I used to suffer from depression, but now I'm mostly content with my life.
Depression
A period of low morale or unhappiness (a period of experiencing the above-mentioned state of mind) which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
Depression
(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
Depression
(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
Depression
(economics) A period of major economic contraction.
Depression
Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history.
Depression
The act of lowering or pressing something down.
Depression of the lever starts the machine.
Depression
A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
Depression
The act of depressing.
Depression
The state of being depressed; a sinking.
Depression
A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
Depression
Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
Depression
Dejection; despondency; lowness.
In a great depression of spirit.
Depression
Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
Depression
The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
Depression
The operation of reducing to a lower degree; - said of equations.
Depression
A mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
Depression
A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Depression
A sunken or depressed geological formation
Depression
Sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
Depression
A time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Depression
An air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;
A low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow
Depression
A state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
Depression
A concavity in a surface produced by pressing;
He left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
Depression
Angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
Depression
Pushing down;
Depression of the space bar on the typewriter
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