Funny vs. Crazy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Funny and Crazy
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Funny
Causing laughter or amusement; humorous
The play is hilariously funny
A funny story
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Crazy
Mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour
Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor
A crazy look
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Funny
Difficult to explain or understand; strange or odd
I had a funny feeling you'd be around
The funny thing is I can't remember much about it
I do get some funny looks
It's a funny old world
That's funny!—that vase of flowers has been moved
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Crazy
Extremely enthusiastic
I'm crazy about Cindy
A football-crazy bunch of boys
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Funny
Comic strips in newspapers
I read the sports page, funnies, and editorial
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Crazy
(of an angle) appearing absurdly out of place or unlikely
The monument leant at a crazy angle
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Funny
A joke or witty remark
He regaled his hosts with a few funnies
I was trying to make a funny, but failed miserably
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Crazy
Extremely
I've been crazy busy
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Funny
Causing laughter or amusement
A funny cartoon.
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Crazy
A mad person
Keep that crazy away from me
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Funny
Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms
A colleague who is very funny.
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Crazy
Mentally deranged.
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Funny
Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something
There is nothing funny about getting the flu.
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Crazy
(Informal) Odd or eccentric in behavior.
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Funny
Difficult to account for; unusual or odd
I had a funny feeling that she would call.
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Crazy
Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement
The crowd at the game went crazy.
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Funny
Suspiciously odd
It's funny how I seem to lose something every time he comes around.
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Crazy
Immoderately fond; infatuated
Was crazy about boys.
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Funny
Counterfeit or fraudulent
Tried to pass off funny money as legitimate.
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Crazy
Intensely involved or preoccupied
Is crazy about cars and racing.
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Funny
(Informal) Somewhat ill, painful, or abnormal
I felt funny after eating those clams. "a mole on his arm that has started to go funny" (Ann Cummins).
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Crazy
Foolish or impractical; senseless
A crazy scheme for making quick money.
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Funny
Offensively forward or disrespectful
She told him off after he started to get funny.
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Crazy
Intensely annoyed or irritated
It makes me crazy when you don't tell me you're going to be late.
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Funny
Contrary to one's demands or expectations
Don't let the prisoners do anything funny.
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Crazy
Disorderly or askew
One of the old window shutters hung at a crazy angle.
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Funny
A joke; a witticism
"He laughed because he did not know I was not making a funny" (Jonathan Safran Foer).
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Crazy
(Informal) Extremely; very
That restaurant's always crazy busy on weekends, but it's worth the wait.
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Funny
Comic strips.
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Crazy
One who is or appears to be mentally deranged
"To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory).
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Funny
The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.
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Crazy
Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
His ideas were both frightening and crazy.
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Funny
Amusing; humorous; comical.
When I went to the circus, I only found the clowns funny.
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Crazy
Out of control.
When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.
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Funny
Strange or unusual, often implying unpleasant.
The milk smelt funny so I poured it away.
I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
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Crazy
Very excited or enthusiastic.
He went crazy when he won.
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Funny
Showing unexpected resentment.
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Crazy
In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
Why is she so crazy about him?
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Funny
Homosexual; gay
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Crazy
(informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
The game had a crazy ending.
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Funny
(informal) A joke.
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Crazy
(obsolete) Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle.
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Funny
(informal) A comic strip.
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Crazy
(obsolete) Sickly, frail; diseased.
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Funny
(rowing) A rowboat with both ends pointed and out of the water.
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Crazy
(slang) Very, extremely.
That trick was crazy good.
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Funny
(British) A narrow clinker-built boat for sculling.
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Crazy
An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.
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Funny
(nonstandard) In an unusual manner; strangely.
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Crazy
Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness.
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Funny
In a manner seen as being typical of a homosexual, or indicating homosexuality
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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.
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Funny
Droll; comical; amusing; laughable; inciting laughter.
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Crazy
Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
Over moist and crazy brains.
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Funny
A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.
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Crazy
Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.
The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.
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Funny
Arousing or provoking laughter;
An amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
An amusing fellow
A comic hat
A comical look of surprise
Funny stories that made everybody laugh
A very funny writer
It would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
A mirthful experience
Risible courtroom antics
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Crazy
Someone deranged and possibly dangerous
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Funny
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
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Crazy
Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad
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Funny
Not as expected;
There was something fishy about the accident
Up to some funny business
Some definitely queer goings-on
A shady deal
Her motives were suspect
Suspicious behavior
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Crazy
Foolish; totally unsound;
An impractical solution
A crazy scheme
Half-baked ideas
A screwball proposal without a prayer of working
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Funny
Experiencing odd bodily sensations;
Told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest
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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
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Funny
In a strange manner;
A queerly inscribed sheet of paper
He acted kind of funny
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Crazy
Possessed by inordinate excitement;
The crowd went crazy
Was crazy to try his new bicycle
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Funny
In a comical manner;
She acted comically
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Crazy
Bizarre or fantastic;
Had a crazy dream
Wore a crazy hat
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Crazy
Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;
Crazy about cars and racing
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