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Hallucinogen vs Psychoactive - What's the difference?

hallucinogen | psychoactive |

As adjectives the difference between hallucinogen and psychoactive

is that hallucinogen is hallucinogenic while psychoactive is (pharmacology) affecting the mind or mental processes.

As a noun hallucinogen

is hallucinogen.

hallucinogen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any substance tending to induce hallucination

    • Hyponyms

    * entheogen

    Derived terms

    * hallucinogenic

    psychoactive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
    • LSD and DMT are psychoactive drugs.

    Synonyms

    * psychotropic

    Related terms

    * psychoactivity ----