Berserk vs Hysterical - What's the difference?
berserk | hysterical |
Injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control.
* After he watched his sister stabbed to death, he went berserk and attacked the killer like a beast or a wild animal.
Of, or arising from hysteria.
Having, or prone to having hysterics.
Provoking uncontrollable laughter.
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As adjectives the difference between berserk and hysterical
is that berserk is injuriously, maniacally, or furiously violent or out of control while hysterical is of, or arising from hysteria.As a noun berserk
is a crazed norse warrior who fought in a frenzy.berserk
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Alternative forms
* beserk * berzerk * beresque – humorous misspelling now accepted (Australian )Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* berserkerSee also
*hysterical
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}