Difference between Psychedelic and Psychotropic

What is the difference between Psychedelic and Psychotropic?

Psychedelic as an adjective is of, containing or generating hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc while Psychotropic as an adjective is affecting the mind or mental processes.

Psychedelic

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: awesome, cool, groovy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, containing or generating hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed, causes perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.

Example sentence: Through all of history mankind has ingested psychedelic substances. Those substances exist to put you in touch with spirits beyond yourself, with the creator, with the creative impulse of the planet.

Psychotropic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Affecting the mind or mental processes.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A psychotropic drug or agent.

We hope you now know whether to use Psychedelic or Psychotropic in your sentence.

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