What is the difference between psychology and psycho?
psychology | psycho |
(uncountable) The study of the human mind.
(uncountable) The study of human behavior.
(uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
(countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
* 1970 , Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth , page 8:
* 1969 , Victor Alba, The Latin Americans , page 42:
(pejorative, slang) A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.
(pejorative, slang) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
(informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
As nouns the difference between psychology and psycho
is that psychology is the study of the human mind while psycho is a person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.As an adjective psycho is
psychotic, or otherwise insane.psychology
English
(wikipedia psychology)Noun
- For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
- In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.
Derived terms
* * *psycho
English
Noun
(en noun)- The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos .
- She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.
- "I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho."