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loony vs maniac

maniac vs loony

loony and maniac both are nouns.

loony and maniac both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
loony Yes Yes No No
maniac Yes Yes No No
As nouns, maniac is a hypernym of loony; that is, maniac is a word with a broader meaning than loony:
  • loony: someone deranged and possibly dangerous
  • maniac: an insane person
Other hypernyms of loony include lunatic.
loony (noun) maniac (noun)
someone deranged and possibly dangerous an insane person
a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something
loony (adjective) maniac (adjective)
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular wildly disordered
Difference between loony and maniac

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