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Silly vs. Crazy — What's the Difference?

Silly vs. Crazy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Silly and Crazy

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Silly

Having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish
Another of his silly jokes
‘Don't be silly!’ she said

Crazy

Mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour
Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor
A crazy look

Silly

(especially of a woman, child, or animal) helpless; defenceless.

Crazy

Extremely enthusiastic
I'm crazy about Cindy
A football-crazy bunch of boys

Silly

Denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman
Silly mid-on
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Crazy

(of an angle) appearing absurdly out of place or unlikely
The monument leant at a crazy angle

Silly

A foolish person (often used as a form of address)
Come on, silly

Crazy

Extremely
I've been crazy busy

Silly

Having or exhibiting a lack of good judgment or common sense; foolish.

Crazy

A mad person
Keep that crazy away from me

Silly

Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous
Indulged in silly word play.
Silly pet names for each other.

Crazy

Mentally deranged.

Silly

Semiconscious; dazed
Knocked silly by the impact.

Crazy

(Informal) Odd or eccentric in behavior.

Silly

Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

Crazy

Possessed by enthusiasm or excitement
The crowd at the game went crazy.

Silly

(of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.

Crazy

Immoderately fond; infatuated
Was crazy about boys.

Silly

Blessed, particularly:

Crazy

Intensely involved or preoccupied
Is crazy about cars and racing.

Silly

Good; pious.

Crazy

Foolish or impractical; senseless
A crazy scheme for making quick money.

Silly

Holy.

Crazy

Intensely annoyed or irritated
It makes me crazy when you don't tell me you're going to be late.

Silly

Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:

Crazy

Disorderly or askew
One of the old window shutters hung at a crazy angle.

Silly

Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.

Crazy

(Informal) Extremely; very
That restaurant's always crazy busy on weekends, but it's worth the wait.

Silly

Helpless, defenseless.
Scared silly

Crazy

One who is or appears to be mentally deranged
"To them she is not a brusque crazy, but 'appropriately passionate'" (Mary McGrory).

Silly

Insignificant, worthless, especially with regard to land quality.

Crazy

Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
His ideas were both frightening and crazy.

Silly

Weak, frail; flimsy use concerning people and animals is now obsolete.

Crazy

Out of control.
When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.

Silly

Sickly; feeble; infirm.

Crazy

Very excited or enthusiastic.
He went crazy when he won.

Silly

Simple, plain, particularly:

Crazy

In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
Why is she so crazy about him?

Silly

Rustic, homely.

Crazy

(informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
The game had a crazy ending.

Silly

(obsolete) Lowly, of humble station.

Crazy

(obsolete) Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle.

Silly

Mentally simple, foolish, particularly:

Crazy

(obsolete) Sickly, frail; diseased.

Silly

(obsolete) Rustic, uneducated, unlearned.

Crazy

(slang) Very, extremely.
That trick was crazy good.

Silly

Thoughtless, lacking judgment.

Crazy

An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

Silly

(Scottish) Mentally retarded.

Crazy

Eccentric behaviour; lunacy; craziness.

Silly

Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.

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.

Silly

Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.

Crazy

Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
Over moist and crazy brains.

Silly

Sillily: in a silly manner.

Crazy

Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager.
The girls were crazy to be introduced to him.

Silly

(colloquial) A silly person.

Crazy

Someone deranged and possibly dangerous

Silly

A term of address.

Crazy

Affected with madness or insanity;
A man who had gone mad

Silly

(colloquial) A mistake.

Crazy

Foolish; totally unsound;
An impractical solution
A crazy scheme
Half-baked ideas
A screwball proposal without a prayer of working

Silly

Happy; fortunate; blessed.

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

Silly

Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
The silly virgin strove him to withstand.
A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog.

Crazy

Possessed by inordinate excitement;
The crowd went crazy
Was crazy to try his new bicycle

Silly

Weak; helpless; frail.
After long storms . . . With which my silly bark was tossed sore.
The silly buckets on the deck.

Crazy

Bizarre or fantastic;
Had a crazy dream
Wore a crazy hat

Silly

Rustic; plain; simple; humble.
A fourth man, in a sillyhabit.
All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.

Crazy

Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;
Crazy about cars and racing

Silly

Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.

Silly

Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.

Silly

A word used for misbehaving children;
Don't be a silly

Silly

Pungent adjectives of disesteem;
Gave me a cockamamie reason for not going
Wore a goofy hat
A silly idea
Some wacky plan for selling more books

Silly

Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity;
A dizzy blonde
Light-headed teenagers
Silly giggles

Silly

Inspiring scornful pity;
How silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years

Silly

Dazed from or as if from repeated blows;
Knocked silly by the impact
Slaphappy with exhaustion

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