The difference between Crazy and Psychopath
When used as nouns, crazy means an insane or eccentric person, whereas psychopath means a person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
Crazy is also adverb with the meaning: very, extremely.
Crazy is also adjective with the meaning: insane.
check bellow for the other definitions of Crazy and Psychopath
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Crazy as an adjective:
Insane; lunatic; demented.
Examples:
"His ideas were both frightening and crazy."
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Crazy as an adjective:
Out of control.
Examples:
"When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy."
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Crazy as an adjective:
Overly excited or enthusiastic.
Examples:
"He went crazy when he won."
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Crazy as an adjective:
In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
Examples:
"Why is she so crazy about him?"
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Crazy as an adjective (informal):
Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
Examples:
"The game had a crazy ending."
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Crazy as an adjective:
Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
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Crazy as an adverb (slang):
Very, extremely.
Examples:
"That trick was crazy good."
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Crazy as a noun:
An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
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Crazy as a noun (slang, uncountable):
Eccentric behaviour; lunacy.
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Psychopath as a noun:
A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
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Psychopath as a noun (figurative):
A person with no moral conscience who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.
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Psychopath as a noun:
A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder.
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Psychopath as a noun (obsolete):
A person diagnosed with any mental disorder.