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Mental vs Unhealthy - What's the difference?

mental | unhealthy |

As adjectives the difference between mental and unhealthy

is that mental is of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process while unhealthy is characterized by, or conducive to poor health.

As a noun mental

is (zoology) a plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

mental

English

(wikipedia mental)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
  • *
  • *:“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—!"
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Ian Sample
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=34, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}
  • Insane, mad, crazy.
  • :
  • Enjoyable; fun.
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  • (lb) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
  • :
  • (lb) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
  • 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 patient

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    unhealthy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • characterized by, or conducive to poor health
  • The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
  • sick or ill
  • He was an unhealthy child.
  • tending to corrupt
  • He liked unhealthy reading material.
  • characterized by disturbed mental health
  • He had an unhealthy interest in fire.

    Synonyms

    *

    Antonyms

    * healthy