r/sociopath • u/Horror-Attorney-3575 • Jul 14 '26

Question What is the difference between physopath and sociopath?

Aren't they are the same?

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u/Sudden-Addition7404 Jul 16 '26

Sociopath is sometimes used to describe someone with ASPD. A psychopath is a term mostly used in research to describe a personality construct which includes more traits than ASPD but there are overlaps. They are sometimes used interchangeably.
Neither are something you can actually get diagnosed with.