Frantic vs. Frenetic: What's the Difference?

Frantic and Frenetic Definitions
Frantic
Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied
Frantic with worry.
Frenetic
Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.
Frantic
Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity
Made a frantic last-minute search for the lost key.
Frenetic
Fast, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
After a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday.
Frantic
(Archaic) Mentally deranged.
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Frenetic
(obsolete) Mentally deranged, insane.
Frantic
(archaic) Insane, mentally unstable.
Frenetic
Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.
Frantic
In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
Frenetic
One who is frenetic.
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Frantic
Extremely energetic
Frantic music
Frenetic
Distracted; mad; frantic; phrenetic.
Frantic
(archaic) A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman.
Frenetic
Excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion;
Frantic with anger and frustration
Frenetic screams followed the accident
A frenzied look in his eye
Frantic
Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted.
Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed!
Torrents of frantic abuse.
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Frantic
Excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion;
Frantic with anger and frustration
Frenetic screams followed the accident
A frenzied look in his eye
Frantic
Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion;
A crowd of delirious baseball fans
Something frantic in their gaiety
A mad whirl of pleasure