Depression
Part of speech: noun
Definition: an area that is lower in topography than its surroundings in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide an area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes a period of major economic contraction; Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER. a lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation
Example sentence: Keep yourself busy if you want to avoid depression. For me, inactivity is the enemy.
Slump
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To collapse heavily or helplessly.To slouch or droop.To decline or fall off in activity or performance.
Example sentence: The standard entertainment industry reaction to Hollywood's box office slump reveals the same shallow, materialistic mindset that helped create the problem in the first place.