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Psyche vs Psychic - What's the difference?

psyche | psychic |

As nouns the difference between psyche and psychic

is that psyche is the human soul, mind, or spirit while psychic is a person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influence.

As an abbreviation psyche

is psychology.

As an interjection psyche

is Used abruptly after a sentence to indicate that the speaker is only joking.

As a verb psyche

is to put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.

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.

As an adjective psychic is

relating to the abilities of a psychic.

psyche

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The human soul, mind, or spirit.
  • (chiefly psychology) The human mind as the central force in thought, emotion, and behavior of an individual.

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened form of (psychology), from (etyl) psychologie, from (etyl) psychologia, from (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * psych

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • psychology

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)

    • Verb

    (psych)
  • To put (someone) into a required psychological frame of mind.
  • To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
  • (informal) To treat (someone) using psychoanalysis.

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    psychic

    English

    (wikipedia psychic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influence.
  • A person who supposedly contacts the dead. A medium.
  • (gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).

    • References

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to the abilities of a psychic.
    • You must be psychic - I was just about to say that.
    She is a psychic person - she hears messages from beyond.
  • Relating to the psyche.
  • * 1967 , , The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise
    • A pathological process called 'psychiatrosis' may well be found, by the same methods, to be a delineable entity, with somatic correlates, and psychic mechanisms

    Related terms

    * psychical * psychological