Nonstandard vs Insane - What's the difference?
nonstandard | insane | Related terms |
Not standard.
(linguistics) Not conforming to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
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Something that is not standard.
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Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted.
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Used by, or appropriated to, insane persons; as, an insane hospital.
Causing insanity or madness.
Characterized by insanity or the utmost folly; chimerical; unpractical; as, an insane plan, attempt, etc.
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Nonstandard is a related term of insane.
As adjectives the difference between nonstandard and insane
is that nonstandard is not standard while insane is exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; mad; deranged in mind; delirious; distracted .As a noun nonstandard
is something that is not standard.nonstandard
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Alternative forms
* non-standardAdjective
(en adjective)- The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser'' has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
(91) England put themselves in a position [''whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonight?s game] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4)
Derived terms
* nonstandard dialect * nonstandard item * nonstandard method * nonstandard unitNoun
(en noun)- Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards .
insane
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- What is the cause of insanity?
Nobody can answer such a sweeping question as that,
but we know that certain diseases, such as syphilis, break
down and destroy the brain cells and result in insanity. In
fact, about one-half of all mental diseases can be attributed
to such physical causes as brain lesions, alcohol, toxins,
and injuries. But the other half—and this is the appalling
part of the story—the other half of the people who go in-
sane' apparently have nothing organically wrong with
their brain cells. In post-mortem examinations, when their
brain tissues are studied under the highest-powered micro-
scopes, they are found to be apparently just as healthy as
yours and mine.
Why do these people go ' insane ?
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