Crackhead vs. Hype — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Crackhead and Hype
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Crackhead
A heavy user of crack cocaine.
Hype
Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion
The hype surrounding the murder trial.
Crackhead
A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine.
Hype
Exaggerated or extravagant claims made especially in advertising or promotional material
"It is pure hype, a gigantic PR job" (Saturday Review).
Crackhead
Someone whose thinking makes no sense; a fool or an idiot.
What kind of crackhead came up with that?
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Hype
An advertising or promotional ploy
"Some restaurant owners in town are cooking up a $75,000 hype to promote New York as 'Restaurant City, U.S.A.'" (New York).
Hype
Something deliberately misleading; a deception
"[He] says that there isn't any energy crisis at all, that it's all a hype, to maintain outrageous profits for the oil companies" (Joel Oppenheimer).
Hype
A hypodermic injection, syringe, or needle.
Hype
A drug addict.
Hype
To publicize or promote, especially by extravagant, inflated, or misleading claims
Hyped the new book by sending its author on a promotional tour.
Hype
To stimulate or excite. Often used with up
All that coffee really hyped me up. The kids were hyped up even before the party began.
Hype
(marketing) Promotion or propaganda; especially exaggerated claims.
After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim.
Hype
(transitive) To promote heavily; to advertise or build up.
They started hyping the new magazine months before its release.
Hype
Blatant or sensational promotion
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