Difference between Downhearted and Depressed

What is the difference between Downhearted and Depressed?

Downhearted as an adjective is sad while Depressed as an adjective is severely despondent and unhappy.

Downhearted

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: sad

Depressed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To press down.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Severely despondent and unhappy.Suffering from clinical depression.Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.

Example sentence: The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.

We hope you now know whether to use Downhearted or Depressed in your sentence.

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