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Psycho vs Crazy - What's the difference?

psycho | crazy |

In informal terms the difference between crazy and psycho

is that crazy is unexpected; surprising while psycho is a class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.

As adjectives the difference between crazy and psycho

is that crazy is insane; lunatic; demented while psycho is psychotic, or otherwise insane.

As nouns the difference between crazy and psycho

is that crazy is an insane or eccentric person; a crackpot while psycho is a person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.

As an adverb crazy

is very, extremely.

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

    crazy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Insane; lunatic; demented.
  • * 1663 , (Samuel Butler), (Hudibras)
  • Over moist and crazy brains.
  • * , chapter=5
  • , title= 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.}}
  • Out of control.
  • Overly excited or enthusiastic.
  • * R. B. Kimball
  • The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.
  • In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
  • (informal) Unexpected; surprising.
  • Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
  • * Macaulay
  • Piles of mean and crazy houses.
  • * Addison
  • One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
  • * Jeffrey
  • They got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.

    Synonyms

    * * (out of control) (l) * deranged * zany * loco

    Derived terms

    * craze * crazily * craziness * crazing * crazy bone * crazy like a fox * crazy mad * crazy paving * crazy quilt * like crazy

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (slang) Very, extremely.
  • ''That trick was crazy good

    Noun

    (crazies)
  • An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
  • Synonyms

    * lunatic * mad man * nut ball * nut case