crankiness

As nouns the difference between paranoid and crankiness

is that paranoid is someone suffering from paranoia while crankiness is the state of being cranky.

As an adjective paranoid

is of, related to, or suffering from paranoia.

As nouns the difference between crank and crankiness

is that crank is a bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion while crankiness is the state of being cranky.

As an adjective crank

is (slang) strange, weird, odd.

As a verb crank

is to turn by means of a crank .

As nouns the difference between crankiness and crankness

is that crankiness is the state of being cranky while crankness is (nautical) liability to be overset; said of a ship or other vessel.