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Psychedelic vs Amphetamine - What's the difference?

psychedelic | amphetamine |

As nouns the difference between psychedelic and amphetamine

is that psychedelic is any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed, causes perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind while amphetamine is the racemic freebase of amphetamine, the chemical with an IUPAC name of "1-phenylpropan-2-amine"; equal parts of the levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine stereoisomers in their pure amine forms.

As an adjective psychedelic

is of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc.

As an interjection psychedelic

is awesome, cool, groovy.

psychedelic

English

(wikipedia psychedelic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc.
  • Having bright colours, abstract shapes, etc. reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations or distortions of perception.

    • Synonyms

    * (of hallucinations) trippy * (having bright colours) multi-coloured

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed]], causes [[perception, perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.

    • Interjection

    psychedelic !
  • awesome, cool, groovy

    • Related terms

    * psychedelia

    amphetamine

    English

    (wikipedia amphetamine)

    Alternative forms

    * amfetamine

    Noun

  • (organic compound, proper) The racemic freebase of amphetamine, the chemical with an IUPAC name of "1-phenylpropan-2-amine"; equal parts of the levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine stereoisomers in their pure amine forms.
  • (informal) Any mixture of the amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine; any chemical that can be described by an enantiomeric ratio of the amphetamine enantiomers.
  • (informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
  • (medicine) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.

    • Derived terms

    * methamphetamine * substituted amphetamine