different between maniac vs delusional

English

Alternative forms

• maniack (obsolete)

Etymology

From mania +? -ac. Borrowed from French maniaque, from Late Latin maniacus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (maniakós), adjectival form of ????? (manía, “madness”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?me?ni?æk/
• Hyphenation: ma?ni?ac
• Rhymes: -e?n?æk

Noun

maniac (plural maniacs)

1. An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
2. A fanatic, a person with an obsession.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:maniac.

Synonyms

• madling

Derived terms

• brainiac
• trainiac

Related terms

• -maniac
• mania
• maniacal

Translations

Anagrams

• Mancia, caiman, mancia

Romanian

Etymology

From French maniaque.

Adjective

maniac m or n (feminine singular maniac?, masculine plural maniaci, feminine and neuter plural maniace)

1. maniacal

Declension

English

Etymology

delusion +? -al

Adjective

delusional (comparative more delusional, superlative most delusional)

1. Suffering from or characterized by delusions

Translations

Noun

delusional (plural delusionals)

1. A person suffering from a delusion.
   • 2005, Laura Knight-Jadczyk, The High Strangeness of Dimensions, Densities, and the Process of Alien Abduction

     But of course, that excludes the narcissistic delusionals, the deliberate frauds, and the pathological cases of multiple personality. They are all out there in New Age Land, and it's a jungle!

Anagrams

• andouilles