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Unhinged vs Deranged - What's the difference?

unhinged | deranged |

As verbs the difference between unhinged and deranged

is that unhinged is past tense of unhinge while deranged is past tense of derange.

As adjectives the difference between unhinged and deranged

is that unhinged is not furnished with a hinge while deranged is disturbed or upset, especially mentally.

unhinged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (unhinge)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not furnished with a hinge.
    • an unhinged door
  • (philately, of a stamp) Not having ever been mounted using a stamp hinge.
  • (usually, humorous) Mentally ill.

    • See also

    * MUH * MNH

    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

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (derange)

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