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Crazy vs Crappy - What's the difference?

crazy | crappy |

As adjectives the difference between crazy and crappy

is that crazy is insane; lunatic; demented while crappy is (chiefly|north america|colloquial|mildly|vulgar) of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.

As an adverb crazy

is (slang) very, extremely.

As a noun crazy

is an insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

crazy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Insane; lunatic; demented.
  • * 1663 , (Samuel Butler), (Hudibras)
    • Over moist and crazy brains.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.}}
  • Out of control.
  • Overly excited or enthusiastic.
  • * R. B. Kimball
    • The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.
  • In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
  • (informal) Unexpected; surprising.
  • Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
  • * Macaulay
    • Piles of mean and crazy houses.
  • * Addison
    • One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
  • * Jeffrey
    • They got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.

    Synonyms

    * * (out of control) (l) * deranged * zany * loco

    Derived terms

    * craze * crazily * craziness * crazing * crazy bone * crazy like a fox * crazy mad * crazy paving * crazy quilt * like crazy

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (slang) Very, extremely.
    • ''That trick was crazy good

    Noun

    (crazies)
  • An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

    • Synonyms

    * lunatic * mad man * nut ball * nut case

    See also

    * (wikipedia "crazy") English degree adverbs

    crappy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
    • That is such a crappy car.
    The referee just made a really crappy call.
    ''The food there used to be good but now it's crappy .
  • Bad, sick, or depressed.
    • I'm feeling really crappy - I think I need some fresh air.
  • (chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
    • Put the crappy diapers in the blue pail and the wet ones in the yellow pail.

    Alternative forms

    * crap (chiefly, UK)

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "crappy" is often applied: job, day, weather, thing, food, movie, apartment, life, service, mood, hotel, car, phone, town, product, attitude, software, household goods.

    Synonyms

    * (covered in crap) shitty, poopy * (of very poor quality) shitty, lousy, tatty