mental vs mortal

mental

adj
  • Occurring or experienced in the mind. 

  • Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers. 

  • Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity. 

  • Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial. 

  • Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study. 

  • Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter. 

  • Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way. 

  • Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure. 

  • Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder. 

  • Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity. 

  • Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders. 

noun
  • A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile. 

mortal

noun
  • A human; someone susceptible to death. 

adj
  • Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal. 

  • Of or relating to the time of death. 

  • Punishable by death. 

  • Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. 

  • Very painful or tedious; wearisome. 

  • Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. 

  • Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). 

  • Of a sin: involving the penalty of spiritual death, rather than merely venial. 

  • Very drunk. 

  • Fatally vulnerable. 

adv
  • Mortally; enough to cause death. 

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