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Junkie vs Addicted - What's the difference?

junkie | addicted |

As a noun junkie

is junkie.

As an adjective addicted is

being physically or psychologically dependent on something.

As a verb addicted is

(addict).

junkie

English

Alternative forms

* junky

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, offensive, pejorative) A narcotics addict, especially referring to heroin users.
  • (by extension) An enthusiast of something.
    • English people are travel junkies , but Americans hardly ever leave their state.
    My uncle is a classic car junkie .

    Quotations

    * 1982: (song) by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five *: Rats in the front room, roaches in the back. Junkies in the alley with a baseball bat.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * adrenaline junkie

    See also

    * drug addict

    addicted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being physically or psychologically dependent on something.
    • He is addicted to the Internet.
    She became more addicted to crack than she had ever been to heroin.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (addict)