Mania vs Crave - What's the difference?
mania | crave |
Violent derangement of mind; madness; insanity.
Excessive or unreasonable desire; insane passion affecting one or many people; fanaticism.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (psychiatry) The state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
* Edmund Gurney
To ask for earnestly.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Mark xv. 43
As a proper noun mania
is (roman mythology) the goddess of the dead and ghosts.As a verb crave is
to desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.mania
English
(wikipedia mania)Noun
(en noun)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}
Anagrams
* ----crave
English
Verb
(crav)- I know I should diet more, but every afternoon I crave a soda so I have one.
- His path is one that eminently craves weary walking.
- I humbly crave your indulgence to read this letter until the end.
- I crave your honour's pardon.
- Joseph went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
