Maniac vs Idiot - What's the difference?
maniac | idiot |
An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
(obsolete, medicine, psychology) A person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal four-year-old.
As nouns the difference between maniac and idiot
is that maniac is an insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania while idiot is (slang|derogatory) a proponent of intelligent design.maniac
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Alternative forms
* maniack (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* brainiac * trainiacAnagrams
* *idiot
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Alternative forms
* eejit * idjit, idget (eye dialect)Noun
(en noun)- usage note This may be used pejoratively, as an insult. It is a weak insult, however, and between close friends, family members, or lovers, is often completely nonaggressive.