Symptom vs. Syndrome
Difference Between Symptom and Syndrome
Symptomnoun
An indication of a disorder or disease, especially a subjective one such as pain, nausea, or weakness.
Syndromenoun
A group of symptoms that collectively indicate or characterize a disease, disorder, or other condition considered abnormal.
Symptomnoun
A characteristic sign or indication of the existence of something else
drought and erratic rainfall as symptoms of climate change.Syndromenoun
A complex of symptoms indicating the existence of an undesirable condition or quality
suffers from fear-of-success syndrome.Symptomnoun
(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
Syndromenoun
A distinctive or characteristic pattern of behavior
the syndrome of conspicuous consumption in wealthy suburbs.Symptomnoun
(figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
Syndromenoun
A group of anatomical and often physiological characteristics of an organism that serve a specific function and are presumed to have evolved together
the angiosperm reproductive syndrome.Symptomnoun
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
Syndromenoun
(pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.
Down syndrome; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; restless-leg syndrome; battered-wife syndromeSymptomnoun
anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
Syndromenoun
Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse.
not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndromeSyndromenoun
a complex of concurrent things;
every word has a syndrome of meaningsSyndromenoun
a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
