Difference between Psychopath and Sociopath

What is the difference between Psychopath and Sociopath?

Psychopath as a noun is a person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses. while Sociopath as a noun is a person with an antisocial personality disorder

Psychopath

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, sexual promiscuity, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such an individual may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses. A person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder. A person who has no moral conscience. A person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts.

Sociopath

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person with an antisocial personality disorder

We hope you now know whether to use Psychopath or Sociopath in your sentence.

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