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Surreal vs Psychedelic - What's the difference?

surreal | psychedelic |

As adjectives the difference between surreal and psychedelic

is that surreal is resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous while psychedelic is of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc.

As nouns the difference between surreal and psychedelic

is that surreal is surreal number while psychedelic is any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed, causes perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.

As an interjection psychedelic is

awesome, cool, groovy.

surreal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous
  • Derived terms

    * surrealism * surrealist * surreality * surreally * surreal number

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (math) surreal number
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    psychedelic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc.
  • Having bright colours, abstract shapes, etc. reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations or distortions of perception.
  • Synonyms

    * (of hallucinations) trippy * (having bright colours) multi-coloured

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed]], causes [[perception, perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.
  • Interjection

    psychedelic !
  • awesome, cool, groovy