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Derange vs Delusional - What's the difference?

derange | delusional |

As a verb derange

is .

As an adjective delusional is

suffering from or characterized by delusions.

derange

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • to cause someone to go insane (usually used in the passive, see deranged )
  • to cause disorder in something, to distort it from its ideal state
  • * 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
  • Both these kinds of monopolies derange more or less the natural distribution of the stock of the society;
  • (archaic) to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone
  • * 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia, Memoirs of an Heiress
  • "By no means, Sir," answered the Captain: "I shall be quite au désespoir if I derange any body."

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    delusional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suffering from or characterized by delusions
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