Sadness vs. Depression

Sadnessnoun

(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.

Depressionnoun

(psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, 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.’;

Sadnessnoun

(countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.

‘She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.’;

Depressionnoun

(geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.

Sadnessnoun

Heaviness; firmness.

Depressionnoun

(psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.

Sadnessnoun

Seriousness; gravity; discretion.

‘Her sadness and her benignity.’;

Depressionnoun

(meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.

Sadnessnoun

Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.

‘Dim sadness did not spareThat time celestial visages.’;

Depressionnoun

(economics) A period of major economic contraction.

Sadnessnoun

emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being

Depressionnoun

Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.

‘The Great Depression was the worst financial event in US history.’;

Sadnessnoun

the state of being sad;

‘she tired of his perpetual sadness’;

Depressionnoun

The act of lowering or pressing something down.

‘Depression of the lever starts the machine.’;

Sadnessnoun

the condition or quality of being sad

‘it is one of life's sadnesses’; ‘a source of great sadness’;

Depressionnoun

A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.

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.

Depressionnoun

The act of depressing.

Depressionnoun

The state of being depressed; a sinking.

Depressionnoun

A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.

Depressionnoun

Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

Depressionnoun

Dejection; despondency; lowness.

‘In a great depression of spirit.’;

Depressionnoun

Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

Depressionnoun

The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

Depressionnoun

The operation of reducing to a lower degree; - said of equations.

Depressionnoun

A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.

Depressionnoun

a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

Depressionnoun

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

Depressionnoun

a sunken or depressed geological formation

Depressionnoun

sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

Depressionnoun

a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

Depressionnoun

an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation;

‘a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow’;

Depressionnoun

a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

Depressionnoun

a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

‘he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud’;

Depressionnoun

angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

Depressionnoun

pushing down;

‘depression of the space bar on the typewriter’;