different between hypomania vs hyperthymia

English

From hypo- +? -mania, after German Hypomanie.

hypomania (countable and uncountable, plural hypomanias)

(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.

hypomania

From hyper- +? -thymia.

hyperthymia (usually uncountable, plural hyperthymias)

A personality type characterized by an excessively positive disposition similar to, but more stable than hypomania. This temperament generally describes a person with high energy and enthusiasm for life activities, as opposed to dysthymia.

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