Condition and Disorder

Condition

Condition noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Usage example: a skin condition that prevents me from staying out in the sun for very long

Disorder is a synonym for condition in sickness topic. In some cases you can use "Disorder" instead a noun "Condition".

Disorder

Disorder noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Usage example: afflicted all her life with a nervous disorder

Condition is a synonym for disorder in disease topic. Sometimes you can use "Condition" instead a noun "Disorder", if it concerns topics such as illness, sickness.

How words are described

physical physical condition physical disorder
rare rare condition rare disorder
particular particular condition particular disorder
similar similar condition similar disorder
Other adjectives: common, specific, actual, real, severe, serious, unfortunate, mental, psychological, terminal, unusual, incurable, alternate, congenital, unspecified, medical, debilitating, genetic, neurological, degenerative, undiagnosed.

Both words in one sentence

  • Starts out as Michael's only real mental rival with possibly the same condition/disorder as Michael.
  • Literature / The Time Traveler's Wife Being a time traveler is a genetic disorder and is portrayed as a medical condition — a very strange one, but a medical condition nonetheless — and it is nothing but hell.
  • Series / Red Band Society Emma used to be very close with her family, until her eating disorder made them focus on her condition instead.
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