What's difference between the two words?

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  1. #1
    Im learning english now. I wonder what's difference between "psychological" and "mental"?
    Thanks.
     
    windflow, May 18, 2009 IP
  2. pipes

    pipes Prominent Member

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    Well they're both related, both mind related.

    http://www.answers.com/psychological

    1. Of or relating to psychology: psychological research.
    2. Of, relating to, or arising from the mind or emotions.
    3. Influencing or intended to influence the mind or emotions: psychological warfare.
    4. Of or being any of certain primary colors whose mixture may be subjectively conceived as producing other colors.

    http://www.answers.com/mental

    # Of or relating to the mind; intellectual: mental powers.
    # Executed or performed by the mind; existing in the mind: mental images of happy times.
    # Of, relating to, or affected by a disorder of the mind.
    # Intended for treatment of people affected with disorders of the mind.
    # Of or relating to telepathy or mind reading.
     
    pipes, May 18, 2009 IP
  3. windflow

    windflow Peon

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    Thank pipes for your reply.
     
    windflow, May 18, 2009 IP
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    Look for it in the dicctionary my friend.:)
     
    meryhill, May 18, 2009 IP
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    fireservice Well-Known Member

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    psycological means related to mind some prbs nd mental means totol disturbed untreated psycological prbs
     
    fireservice, May 19, 2009 IP