Obsessive vs Crazy - What's the difference?
obsessive | crazy |
Prone to cause obsession
Having one thought or pursuing one activity to the absolute or nearly absolute exclusion of all others.
Excessive, as results from obsession.
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Insane; lunatic; demented.
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, title= Out of control.
Overly excited or enthusiastic.
* R. B. Kimball
In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
(informal) Unexpected; surprising.
Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
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* Addison
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An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
As adjectives the difference between obsessive and crazy
is that obsessive is prone to cause obsession while crazy is insane; lunatic; demented.As nouns the difference between obsessive and crazy
is that obsessive is a person who is obsessed, who has an obsession while crazy is an insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.As an adverb crazy is
very, extremely.obsessive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ''The idea is too tempting, it's obsessive
- ''Hardcore fans' obsessive behavior may take over their lives
- ''A workaholic's obsessive zeal may lead to success or burnout
Synonyms
* (Having one thought or pursuing one activity) unrelenting, unyielding, headstrong *Derived terms
* obsessivelycrazy
English
Adjective
(er)- Over moist and crazy brains.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.}}
- The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.
- Piles of mean and crazy houses.
- One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
- They got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.