Difference between Neurotic and Obsessive-compulsive

What is the difference between Neurotic and Obsessive-compulsive?

Neurotic as an adjective is (obsolete?) affected with a neurosis while Obsessive-compulsive as an adjective is characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks

Neurotic

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A neurotic person

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: (obsolete?) Affected with a neurosis Overly anxious

Example sentence: Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.

Obsessive-compulsive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks

We hope you now know whether to use Neurotic or Obsessive-compulsive in your sentence.

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