As nouns the difference between psychopath and maniac
is that psychopath is a person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses while maniac is an insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
psychopath
English
(Psychopathy)
Noun
(
en noun)
A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating]], glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, [[delusion of grandeur, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
A person who has no moral conscience.
A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
Synonyms
* sociopath
Derived terms
* psychopathic
* psychopathy
Related terms
* psycho
* psychopathology
* psychotic
maniac
English
Alternative forms
* maniack (obsolete)
Noun
(
en noun)
An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
Synonyms
* (l)
Derived terms
* brainiac
* trainiac
Related terms
* -maniac
* mania
* maniacal
Anagrams
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