Mental vs Unhealthy - What's the difference?
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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.
characterized by, or conducive to poor health
sick or ill
tending to corrupt
characterized by disturbed mental health
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
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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
* ----unhealthy
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Adjective
(er)- The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
- He was an unhealthy child.
- He liked unhealthy reading material.
- He had an unhealthy interest in fire.