Difference between Craze and Fad

What is the difference between Craze and Fad?

Craze as a noun is craziness; insanity. while Fad as a noun is a phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

Craze

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. To derange the intellect of; to render insane. To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Craziness; insanity. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.

Fad

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

Example sentence: Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays alive.

We hope you now know whether to use Craze or Fad in your sentence.

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