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Sadness vs. Depression — What's the Difference?

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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