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Lunacy vs Dementia - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between lunacy and dementia

is that lunacy is the state of being mad, insanity while dementia is a progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.

lunacy

English

Noun

  • (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
  • # a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
  • # insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
  • Something deeply misguided.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being mad) insanity

    Derived terms

    * lunatic

    dementia

    English

    (wikipedia dementia)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
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  • Madness or insanity.

    • Derived terms

    * demented * demential * senile dementia

    See also

    * amentia * Alzheimer's disease * delirium ----