Mental vs Crackpot - What's the difference?
mental | crackpot |
Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
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, title= Insane, mad, crazy.
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Enjoyable; fun.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. A kook .
(informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict). See also crackhead.
As nouns the difference between mental and crackpot
is that mental is moron while crackpot is (informal) an eccentric, crazy or foolish person a kook .As an adjective crackpot is
(informal) eccentric or impractical.mental
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(wikipedia mental)Adjective
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Synonyms
* genial (in the sense referring to the chin) * genian (in the sense referring to the chin)Derived terms
* extramental * intermental * intramental * mentalese * mentalist * mentality * mentally * mental age * mental block * mental disease * mental home * mental patientExternal links
* *Anagrams
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Noun
(en noun)- Time will tell whether he is a crackpot or a genius for promoting that sort of idea.