different between epilepsy vs schizophrenia

English

Etymology

Since 16th century; borrowed from Old French epilepsie, from Latin epil?psia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (epil?psía), from ?????????? (epilambán?, “I seize”), from ??? (epí, “upon”) + ??????? (lambán?, “I take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?l?psi/
• Hyphenation: ep?i?lep?sy

Noun

epilepsy (countable and uncountable, plural epilepsies)

1. (pathology) A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.

Derived terms

• epileptic
• epileptiform

Translations

See also

• falling sickness
• grand mal
• petit mal

English

Etymology

First attested 1908, from New Latin schizophrenia, from German Schizophrenie, coined by Eugen Bleuler, from Ancient Greek ????? (skhíz?, “to split”) + ???? (phr?n, “mind, heart, diaphragm”) + -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?t.s??f?i?.ni.?/, /?sk?t.s??f??.ni.?/, /?sk?z.??f?i?.ni.?/

Noun

schizophrenia (countable and uncountable, plural schizophrenias)

1. (pathology) A psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness characterised by abnormal perception, thinking, behavior and emotion, often marked by delusions.
2. (informal, figuratively) Any condition in which disparate or mutually exclusive activities coexist; a lack of decision between options.
   • 2006, Bertus Praeg, Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa (page 213)

     […] one can understand how the cultural disorientation which beset the African Continent has confused Africa's political behaviour, creating a political schizophrenia that made nation-building impossible.

Usage notes

• In popular usage, the term is often confused with dissociative identity disorder (also known as multiple personality disorder).

Synonyms

• dementia praecox
• schizophrenic disorder
• schizophrenic psychosis

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• schizothymia
• schizoid personality disorder
• paranoid personality disorder
• schizotypal personality disorder
• autism

References

• schizophrenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “schizophrenia”, in Online Etymology Dictionary“schizophrenia” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.