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Mood vs Hypomania - What's the difference?

mood | hypomania |

As nouns the difference between mood and hypomania

is that mood is a mental or emotional state, composure or mood can be (grammar) a verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality while hypomania is (medicine) a mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity.

mood

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mood, mode, mod, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mental or emotional state, composure.
    • I'm in a sad mood since I dumped my lover.
  • A sullen mental state; a bad mood.
    • He's in a mood with me today.
  • A disposition to do something.
    • I'm not in the mood for running today.
  • (senseid) A prevalent atmosphere or feeling.
    • A good politician senses the mood of the crowd.
    Usage notes
    * Adjectives often used with "mood": good, bad.
    Synonyms
    * (mental or emotional state) composure, humor/humour, spirits, temperament * (bad mood) huff (informal), pet, temper * (disposition to do something) frame of mind
    Antonyms
    * (bad mood) good humour, good mood, good spirits
    Derived terms
    * in the mood * mood music * mood swing * moody
    See also
    * ambiance, ambience * atmosphere *Gemuetlichkeit

    Etymology 2

    Alteration of mode

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
    • The most common mood in English is the indicative.
    Synonyms
    * mode * grammatical mood
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * indicative mood * conjunctive mood = subjunctive mood * imperative mood * conditional mood
    See also
    * aspect * tense

    Anagrams

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    hypomania

    English

    (wikipedia hypomania)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity.
  • * 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 197:
    • She was lovely beyond all others, this Jewish dervish, with her sense of space and history, her echo-box of racial memories, her gallant hypomania .