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Psychotic vs Schizophrenic - What's the difference?

psychotic | schizophrenic |

As adjectives the difference between psychotic and schizophrenic

is that psychotic is of, related to, or suffering from psychosis while schizophrenic is of or pertaining to schizophrenia.

As nouns the difference between psychotic and schizophrenic

is that psychotic is a person affected by psychosis while schizophrenic is a person suffering from schizophrenia.

psychotic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person affected by psychosis.

    • schizophrenic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to schizophrenia.
  • (of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
  • (slang, deprecated) Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.

    • Related terms

    * schizo * nonschizophrenic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person suffering from schizophrenia.