Difference between Crazy and Screwball

What is the difference between Crazy and Screwball?

Crazy as an adjective is insane, demented while Screwball as an adjective is crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.

Crazy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: insane, demented out of control overly excited or enthusiastic filled with foolish or unreasoned affection

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Very, extremely.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an insane or eccentric person; a crackpot

Example sentence: Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend.

Screwball

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.One who behaves in a crazy or screwball manner.

We hope you now know whether to use Crazy or Screwball in your sentence.

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