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Doddering vs Demented - What's the difference?

doddering | demented |

As adjectives the difference between doddering and demented

is that doddering is mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile while demented is insane or mentally ill.

As verbs the difference between doddering and demented

is that doddering is while demented is (dement).

As a noun doddering

is a shaking or trembling movement, as of old age.

doddering

English

Adjective

(-)
  • mentally or physically infirm due to old age; senile

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shaking or trembling movement, as of old age.
  • * 2001 , Seth Kohn, Escape on the Silk Road (page 7)
    • Now that he was next in line to the minister of state security himself, an 82 year old man whose dodderings Fang graciously covered up to save everyone's face, Fang had a huge problem.

    demented

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Insane or mentally ill.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=August 5 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993) citation , page= , passage=So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.}}
  • Suffering from dementia.
  • Crazy; ridiculous.
    • a demented idea

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dement)