Crazy vs. Cuckoo

Crazy vs. Cuckoo — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Crazy and Cuckoo

Crazyadjective

Insane; lunatic; demented.

His ideas were both frightening and crazy.

Cuckooadjective

Crazy; not sane.

Crazyadjective

Out of control.

When she gets on the motorcycle she goes crazy.

Cuckoonoun

Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.

Crazyadjective

Overly excited or enthusiastic.

He went crazy when he won.

Cuckoonoun

The sound of that particular bird.

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Crazyadjective

In love; experiencing romantic feelings.

Why is she so crazy about him?

Cuckoonoun

The bird shaped figure found in Swiss/German clocks (cuckoo clocks) or the clock itself.

Crazyadjective

(informal) Very unexpected; wildly surprising.

The game had a crazy ending.

Cuckoonoun

Someone found where they shouldn't be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).

Crazyadjective

Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

Cuckoonoun

Someone who is crazy.

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Crazyadverb

(slang) Very, extremely.

That trick was crazy good.

Cuckooverb

To make the call of a cuckoo

Crazynoun

An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

Cuckooverb

To repeat something incessantly

Crazynoun

Eccentric behaviour; lunacy.

Cuckoonoun

a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

Crazynoun

someone deranged and possibly dangerous

Cuckoonoun

any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail

Crazyadjective

affected with madness or insanity;

a man who had gone mad

Cuckooverb

repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call

Crazyadjective

foolish; totally unsound;

an impractical solutiona crazy schemehalf-baked ideasa screwball proposal without a prayer of working

Crazyadjective

marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness;

she was crazy about himgaga over the rock group's new albumhe was infatuated with her

Crazyadjective

possessed by inordinate excitement;

the crowd went crazywas crazy to try his new bicycle

Crazyadjective

bizarre or fantastic;

had a crazy dreamwore a crazy hat

Crazyadjective

intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;

crazy about cars and racing