Psych vs Psyche - What's the difference?
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Psychology or psychiatry.
A psychologist; a psychiatrist.
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To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind (also psych up).
To intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out).
(informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
(slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled one's interlocutor. Also sike .
The human soul, mind, or spirit.
(chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.
psychology
To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.
To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
(informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.
Psyche is a alternative form of psych.
Psyche is a related term of psych.
In transitive terms the difference between psych and psyche
is that psych is to intimidate (someone) emotionally or using psychology (also psych out) while psyche is to intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.In transitive informal terms the difference between psych and psyche
is that psych is to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis while psyche is to treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.As an abbreviation psyche is
psychology.As a proper noun Psyche is
the personification of the soul. Originally a mortal princess who later married Eros/Cupid, (the god of love), was deified, and bore him a daughter, Hedone/Voluptas.psych
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Alternative forms
* psycheNoun
(en noun)- a psych class
- She had attended a conference of psychs at which he had presided and they had taken a fancy to each other.