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Frantic vs Breakneck - What's the difference?

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Frantic is a related term of breakneck.


As adjectives the difference between frantic and breakneck

is that frantic is insane, mentally unstable while breakneck is dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.

As a noun breakneck is

a fall that breaks the neck.

frantic

English

Alternative forms

* frantick (obsolete) * phrantic (chiefly obsolete) * phrantick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Insane, mentally unstable.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
    • Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke : and ys sore vexed.
  • In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
    • They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
  • Extremely energetic
    • frantic music
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.}}

    Synonyms

    * frenetic, frenzied

    Related terms

    * frenetic * phrenitis * frenzy

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    breakneck

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
    • He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fall that breaks the neck.
  • A dangerous steep place from which one could fall.