What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Madness vs Psychosis - What's the difference?

madness | psychosis |

As nouns the difference between madness and psychosis

is that madness is the state of being mad; insanity; mental disease while psychosis is a severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

madness

English

Noun

  • The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
  • rash folly

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * sanity

    Anagrams

    *

    psychosis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia psychosis) (psychoses)
  • (label) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese

    Derived terms

    * micropsychosis * nonpsychosis * nutmeg psychosis