and i know there is. [im doing this essay for english, to tell the difference between crazy,insane,mentally ill and mentally retarded]
**anyone who read Of Mice and Men, which of these is Lennie? ( i think that Lennie's mentally retarded)
can you please help me distinguish the two from each other?
2006-12-02 06:12:17 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
i've looked it up on here, on wikipedia, google,dictionary, and i couldn't seem to find sufficient info.
2006-12-02 06:12:58 · update #1
i know the difference between mentally ill and mentally retarded, i want to know the difference between insane and crazy
2006-12-02 06:16:48 · update #2
don't mind mentally retarded and mentally ill, i know that it has nothing to do with crazy and, or insane
2006-12-02 06:21:06 · update #3
Both mean one and same thing: Mental Derangement.
Difference is legally technical:
1. 'Children' generally go 'crazy'. Also people with impressionable minds go crazy; not 'grown-ups'. However if I use legal language, people become ONLY insane, not crazy
2. Matured people or grown-ups become insane (as per law).
3. Insane can be called as 'official' word as it is used in law. Crazy is used by 'layman' or common people (people who are not well-read). You will never find the word 'crazy' in any law book.
I have a question for you:
What is the difference between 'kidnapping' and 'abduction'?
Answer: As per law, 'children' upto age of 15yrs. are 'kidnapped', while above 15yrs. are 'abducted'. (This age restriction may differ from country to country).
I hope its clear to you now.
2006-12-02 07:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Lenny is Mentally Retarded.
2006-12-02 14:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In popular culture, something "crazy" is something extremely foolish, while persons may be deemed "crazy" if their behavior strongly deviates from accepted social norms. The term is typically negative, but departure from established norms may also be seen as a positive quality; in this case, being "crazy" is being daringly unconventional or individualistic.
Insanity, or madness, is a general term for a semi-permanent, severe mental disorder. The concept has been used in a number of ways historically. Today it is most commonly encountered as a generic informal term, or in the more narrow legal context of criminal insanity. In the medical profession, it is nowadays avoided in favor of specific diagnoses of mental illness.
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2006-12-02 14:24:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always felt that people do something crazy, in other words, they do one or two things different than the norm, a temporary thing for them. Or it might be funny but they don't harm anyone and its not a constant in their lives.
While insane is part of the personality and its permanent.
Mostly its about not seeing the difference between right and wrong, putting serial killers in that category.
2006-12-02 14:30:53 · answer #4 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crazy is more fun or in some cases loosely used to mean "harmlessly insane" although there are a lot of cases where a crazy person could do some form of harm. Insane is like they're out to get you for their own psychopathic little reasons.
2006-12-02 14:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by Answerer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Insane is considered the legal terminology for being legally incompetent or irresponsible because of a psychiatric disorder. Crazy is a term considered offensive when used to refer to one with a psychiatric disorder.
2006-12-02 14:36:06 · answer #6 · answered by RaeLynne A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically the same; crazy is a slang term for mental illness. Crazy also can be something out of the ordinary, as in older "beatnik" slang, like "Wow... that's crazy man, crazy!"
2006-12-02 14:22:52 · answer #7 · answered by Feathery 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you have to be crazy to keep from going insane.lol no but....to the best of my knowledge, "crazy" is just a slang word used in several applications as in..That's crazy!" or "He's crazy" It's not a medical word and your right....Mental Illness is not the same as crazy because it's slang.. hope this helps. :)
2006-12-02 14:35:05 · answer #8 · answered by dhwilson58 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both words mean deranged or demented - neither means retarded.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crazy
"Crazy" is also used to mean senseless - a crazy scheme - and -
intensely enthusiastic - as you are crazy about someone or something. The word is also used as slang.
"Insane" also is used as a synonym for "lunatic"
Neither word would be used by a psychologist or psychiatrist in making a diagnosis
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2006-12-02 14:19:35 · answer #9 · answered by Serendipity 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think that we use insane and crazy interchangably, and i think that they have like the same level of seriousness. mentally ill is more that u have something wrong w/ ur brain, and mentally retarded is where the illness is effecting your behaviour seriously
2006-12-02 14:15:41 · answer #10 · answered by Ginny Weasley 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋