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Lunatic vs Deranged - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between lunatic and deranged

is that lunatic is crazed, mad, insane, demented while deranged is disturbed or upset, especially mentally.

As a noun lunatic

is an insane person.

As a verb deranged is

past tense of derange.

lunatic

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An insane person.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • crazed, mad, insane, demented

    • Synonyms

    * crazed, insane, mad, demented, maniacal, psychotic, crazed; see also

    deranged

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • disturbed or upset, especially mentally
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
    • Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
  • insane

    • Synonyms

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    Verb

    (head)
  • (derange)

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