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Suicidal vs Suicidelike - What's the difference?

suicidal | suicidelike |

As adjectives the difference between suicidal and suicidelike

is that suicidal is pertaining to suicide while suicidelike is resembling or characteristic of suicide; suicidal.

As a noun suicidal

is someone suicidal, someone likely to kill themselves.

suicidal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to suicide.
    • He is an authority on the precursors of suicidal behavior.
  • (of a person) Likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, suicide.
    • After losing his job, his wife, and his leg in a single week, he became suicidal .
  • (informal) Extremely reckless.
    • His driving habits are utterly suicidal .

    Related terms

    * suicidality * suicide

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone suicidal, someone likely to kill themselves

    • suicidelike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of suicide; suicidal.
    • suicidelike behaviour