Crazy vs. Senile — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Crazy and Senile
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Crazy
Mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour
Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor
A crazy look
Senile
Relating to or having diminished cognitive function, as when memory is impaired, because of old age.
Crazy
Extremely enthusiastic
I'm crazy about Cindy
A football-crazy bunch of boys
Senile
Being a disease or condition whose cause is primarily advanced age
Senile cataracts.
Crazy
(of an angle) appearing absurdly out of place or unlikely
The monument leant at a crazy angle
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Senile
(Geology) At the end of an erosion cycle
Senile soil.
Crazy
Extremely
I've been crazy busy
Senile
Of, or relating to old age.
Crazy
A mad person
Keep that crazy away from me
Senile
Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
Crazy
Mentally deranged.
Senile
A person who is senile.
Crazy
(Informal) Odd or eccentric in behavior.
Senile
Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.
Crazy
Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement
The crowd at the game went crazy.
Senile
Mentally or physically infirm with age;
His mother was doddering and frail
Crazy
Immoderately fond; infatuated
Was crazy about boys.
Crazy
Intensely involved or preoccupied
Is crazy about cars and racing.
Crazy
Foolish or impractical; senseless
A crazy scheme for making quick money.
Crazy
Intensely annoyed or irritated
It makes me crazy when you don't tell me you're going to be late.
Crazy
Disorderly or askew
One of the old window shutters hung at a crazy angle.
Crazy
(Informal) Extremely; very
That restaurant's always crazy busy on weekends, but it's worth the wait.
Crazy
One who is or appears to be mentally deranged
"To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory).
Crazy
Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
His ideas were both frightening and crazy.
Crazy
Out of control.
When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.
Crazy
Very excited or enthusiastic.
He went crazy when he won.
Crazy
In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
Why is she so crazy about him?
Crazy
(informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
The game had a crazy ending.
Crazy
(obsolete) Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle.
Crazy
(obsolete) Sickly, frail; diseased.
Crazy
(slang) Very, extremely.
That trick was crazy good.
Crazy
An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
Crazy
Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness.
Crazy
Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
Piles of mean andcrazy houses.
One of great riches, but a crazy constitution.
They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island.
Crazy
Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
Over moist and crazy brains.
Crazy
Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.
The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.
Crazy
Someone deranged and possibly dangerous
Crazy
Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad
Crazy
Foolish; totally unsound;
An impractical solution
A crazy scheme
Half-baked ideas
A screwball proposal without a prayer of working
Crazy
Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness;
She was crazy about him
Gaga over the rock group's new album
He was infatuated with her
Crazy
Possessed by inordinate excitement;
The crowd went crazy
Was crazy to try his new bicycle
Crazy
Bizarre or fantastic;
Had a crazy dream
Wore a crazy hat
Crazy
Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;
Crazy about cars and racing
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