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Loneliness vs Autism - What's the difference?

loneliness | autism |

As nouns the difference between loneliness and autism

is that loneliness is a feeling of depression resulting from being alone while autism is pervasive neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences.

loneliness

Noun

  • A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
  • The condition or state of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
  • The state of being unfrequented.
  • the loneliness of a road
  • (obsolete) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
  • I see / The mystery of your loneliness . — Shakespeare.

    See also

    * solitude

    autism

    English

    (wikipedia autism)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (clinical psychology) Pervasive neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences.
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  • (clinical psychology) generalization of the specific to a range
  • Synonyms

    * (autism spectrum) autistic spectrum

    Hyponyms

    (autism spectrum) * Asperger syndrome / Asperger's syndrome / Asperger's / Asperger * autism

    Hypernyms

    * autism * autism spectrum * autistic spectrum * autism spectrum disorder * autistic spectrum disorder

    Derived terms

    * autistic * autist * autism spectrum * autistic spectrum * autism spectrum disorder * autistic spectrum disorder

    Coordinate terms

    * on the spectrum

    See also

    * pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), PDD-NOS * disability, handicap * mutism, selective mutism * special education English words suffixed with -ism