Frantic vs Mania - What's the difference?
frantic | mania |
Insane, mentally unstable.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
Extremely energetic
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
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, title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool
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Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
As an adjective frantic
is insane, mentally unstable.As a proper noun mania is
(roman mythology) the goddess of the dead and ghosts.frantic
English
Alternative forms
* frantick (obsolete) * phrantic (chiefly obsolete) * phrantick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke : and ys sore vexed.
- They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
- frantic music
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, frenziedExternal links
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*mania
English
(wikipedia mania)Noun
(en noun)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}
