Esper vs. Psychic: What's the Difference?

Esper and Psychic Definitions
Esper
A person who practices the development of psychic ability.
Psychic
A person apparently responsive to psychic forces.
Esper
A person who has extrasensory perception.
Psychic
See medium.
Psychic
Of, relating to, affecting, or influenced by the human mind or psyche; mental
Psychic trauma.
Psychic energy.
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Psychic
Capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy.
Psychic
Of or relating to such mental processes.
Psychic
A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as precognition, clairvoyance and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to paranormal or supernatural influences.
Psychic
(parapsychology) A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.
Psychic
(gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).
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Psychic
Relating to or having the abilities of a psychic.
You must be psychic—I was just about to say that.
She is a psychic person—she hears messages from beyond.
Psychic
Relating to the psyche or mind, or to mental activity in general.
Psychic
Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man.
Psychic
Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and diseases; mental; - contrasted with physical.
Psychic
A person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception
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Psychic
Pertaining to forces or mental processes outside the possibilities defined by natural or scientific laws;
Psychic reader
Psychical research
Psychic
Affecting or influenced by the human mind;
Psychic energy
Psychic trauma
Psychic
Outside the sphere of physical science;
Psychic phenomena