different between lunacy vs delusion

lunacy

English

Etymology

From lunatic +? -cy.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?lu?.n?.si /, /?lju?.n?.si/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?lu?.n?.si /

Noun

lunacy (countable and uncountable, plural lunacies)

  1. (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
    1. a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
    2. insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
  2. Something deeply misguided.

Synonyms

  • (state of being mad): insanity, madness, craziness, craze

Translations

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delusion

English

Etymology

From Latin delusio.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??l(j)u??(?)n/, /d??l(j)u?zj?n/
  • Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

delusion (countable and uncountable, plural delusions)

  1. A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
  2. The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
  3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

Derived terms

  • delusional
  • delusion of grandeur

Translations

Further reading

  • delusion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • insouled, unsoiled

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