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Psychoactive vs Hallucinogenic - What's the difference?

psychoactive | hallucinogenic |

As adjectives the difference between psychoactive and hallucinogenic

is that psychoactive is (pharmacology) affecting the mind or mental processes while hallucinogenic is producing hallucinations.

As a noun hallucinogenic is

a substance that is a hallucinogen.

psychoactive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
    • LSD and DMT are psychoactive drugs.

    Synonyms

    * psychotropic

    Related terms

    * psychoactivity ----

    hallucinogenic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • producing hallucinations
    • After eating some hallucinogenic mushrooms, he said he saw a lot of pretty colors.

    Related terms

    * hallucinogen

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a substance that is a hallucinogen.
    • hallucinogenics are sometimes used in indigenous people's religious rites .