recession vs depression
Definitions
noun
- a small concavity
- the withdrawal of the clergy and choir from the chancel to the vestry at the end of a church service
- the act of ceding back
- the act of becoming more distant
- the state of the economy declines; a widespread decline in the GDP and employment and trade lasting from six months to a year
Examples
The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
Either the recession is biting harder than I had realised or a lot of people are confused about the boundaries between fact and fiction.
Small businesses have been hit hard / hard hit by the recession.
Definitions
noun
- a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Examples
When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy.
Postpartum depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , and low IQs are all linked to low DHA levels.
The pictures show squares within squares - the water-holding depressions that in ancient times made the gardens fruitful.
