What is the difference between sadness and depression?

Sadness lasts shorter than depression does. Depression feels as though it'll last forever but you know sadness will go away soon.

Sadness is for a particular occasion or thing or person. Depression is a serious sadness for a long term

depression is something which will not give a person reasons to be dull or quite or non blooming through out the day. one need to find excuses of not doing anything or even feel frustrated to get a cup of coffee all by yourself. sadness is you have a reason and a pretty good one where a person is showing their real emotions or feeling related to a situation or a person

Depression is a disorder where you feel like you can't push through anymore. You physically have no fight left in you and you don't have energy to get through the day. Depression is awful and I also know that from experience, sadness is just a feeling of temporary pain that can be healed easily

I think they are both very similar, however sadness is just a temporay feeling and depression is something that tends to linger.

Sadness is temporary sorrow where as depression is more extreme sadness that last longer that can lead into hopelessness and despair.

In my honest opinion, the line separating between the two is thin, Sadness is one of the signs of depression, but it is a normal emotion like any other, such as happiness, anger, etc. It can be used to help with grief, and it is short lived and can pass in a given time. Depression on the other hand is a whole different story. There are many way to describe it, In the most simple way I can personally describe it, it is a mental illness that affects your ability to function, ranging from work, sleep, study, eat, etc. It can be something that can last for years, or a short span, give or take. That is the most objective explanation I can give.

Sadness, in my mind, is a state of being upset but being able to be helped by others. Where as depression is a state of sadness that makes you want to be alone and unhelped.

Sadness is when you still have faith on things, it takes a little time, and you are not ''shot down'' by your sadness. Depression is when you lose faith in yourself and in your life, it takes more time and you gets motionless by it. If you have depression, dont worry so munch, 7cups is here to help. You just need a candle to light your darkness, and that candle is also called ''Friend.'' =)

Sadness keeps your feeling and makes you feel your mistakes while depression teach us to not give shit about this life