Maniac vs Monomaniac - What's the difference?
maniac | monomaniac |
An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
Focussed on one thing above all others.
* 1851 — , Ch. 133
As nouns the difference between maniac and monomaniac
is that maniac is an insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania while monomaniac is a person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns.As an adjective monomaniac is
focussed on one thing above all others.maniac
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Alternative forms
* maniack (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* brainiac * trainiacAnagrams
* *monomaniac
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* (person obsessed ): fanaticQuotations
* 1873 — , Ch. X *: Harry knew now that the old man was crazy, or at least a monomaniac , and, though he seemed harmless enough, it was of course possible that he might be dangerous. * 1890 — , Ch. 44 *: He had never yet been able to determine whether the old man was a consummate hypocrite or a religious monomaniac .Adjective
(head)- ...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.
