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Psycho vs Antipsychotic - What's the difference?

psycho | antipsychotic |

As adjectives the difference between psycho and antipsychotic

is that psycho is (colloquial|or|pejorative) psychotic, or otherwise insane while antipsychotic is (pharmacology) preventing or counteracting psychosis.

As nouns the difference between psycho and antipsychotic

is that psycho is (pejorative|slang) a person who is psychotic or otherwise insane while antipsychotic is (pharmacology) any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis.

psycho

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (colloquial, or, pejorative) Psychotic, or otherwise insane.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, slang) A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.
    • The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos .
  • (pejorative, slang) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
    • She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.
  • (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
    • "I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho."

    Synonyms

    * (pejorative for a pyschotic or otherwise insane person) freak, loony, nutcase, wacko * (pejorative for a person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo

    antipsychotic

    English

    (wikipedia antipsychotic)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis.

    • Synonyms

    * neuroleptic

    Hyponyms

    * See also