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Alertness vs Psychostimulant - What's the difference?

alertness | psychostimulant |

As nouns the difference between alertness and psychostimulant

is that alertness is the quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity while psychostimulant is category:en:Drugs A drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness.

As an adjective psychostimulant is

tending to increase mental alertness and awareness.

alertness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

    • psychostimulant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness
    • a psychostimulant effect

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness

    • Synonyms

    * stimulant

    See also

    * (wikipedia "psychostimulant")