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Psychotropic vs Hallucinogen - What's the difference?

psychotropic | hallucinogen |

As adjectives the difference between psychotropic and hallucinogen

is that psychotropic is (pharmacology) affecting the mind or mental processes while hallucinogen is hallucinogenic.

As nouns the difference between psychotropic and hallucinogen

is that psychotropic is (pharmacology) a psychotropic drug or agent while hallucinogen is hallucinogen.

psychotropic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.

    • Synonyms

    * psychoactive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) A psychotropic drug or agent.

    • hallucinogen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance tending to induce hallucination

    • Hyponyms

    * entheogen

    Derived terms

    * hallucinogenic