paranoid vs psychotic
psychotic vs paranoidparanoid and psychotic both are nouns.
paranoid and psychotic both are adjectives.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| paranoid | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| psychotic | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
psychotic is a hypernym of
paranoid; that is, psychotic is a
word with a broader meaning than paranoid:
- paranoid: a person afflicted with paranoia
- psychotic: a person afflicted with psychosis
Other hypernyms of paranoid include
psycho, psychotic person.
| paranoid (noun) | psychotic (noun) |
|---|---|
| a person afflicted with paranoia | a person afflicted with psychosis |
| paranoid (adjective) | psychotic (adjective) |
|---|---|
| suffering from paranoia | characteristic of or suffering from psychosis |
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