Possessed vs Insane - What's the difference?
possessed | insane | Related terms |
(possess)
by evil spirits.
Seized by powerful emotions.
* 1719 , :
Having; owning.
*1854 , Dickens, Hard Times :
*:'Girl number twenty unable to define a horse!' said Mr Gradgrind, for the general behoof of all the little pitchers. 'Girl number twenty possessed of no facts, in reference to one of the commonest of animals!'
Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted.
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Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
Causing insanity or madness.
Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
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As adjectives the difference between possessed and insane
is that possessed is controlled by evil spirits while insane is exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted.As a verb possessed
is past tense of possess.possessed
English
(wikipedia possessed)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil.
- Oh, what ridiculous resolutions men take when possessed with fear!
- The president was possessed of great wealth.
Derived terms
* self-possessedinsane
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- What is the cause of insanity?
Nobody can answer such a sweeping question as that,
but we know that certain diseases, such as syphilis, break
down and destroy the brain cells and result in insanity. In
fact, about one-half of all mental diseases can be attributed
to such physical causes as brain lesions, alcohol, toxins,
and injuries. But the other half—and this is the appalling
part of the story—the other half of the people who go in-
sane' apparently have nothing organically wrong with
their brain cells. In post-mortem examinations, when their
brain tissues are studied under the highest-powered micro-
scopes, they are found to be apparently just as healthy as
yours and mine.
Why do these people go ' insane ?
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!