Telepathy versus Psychic

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#1  Edited By XFan616

So I've seen several people's power sets that list both telepathy and psychic. Is there a difference or are they just two names for the same thing?

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#2  Edited By Icarusflies  Moderator

Ooh, talk to Warsman about this. He has a very strong opinion on it.

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#3  Edited By Green Skin

I've always understood it that telepathy is a specific ability, where as psychic is a broad term for mental abilities. 

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#4  Edited By XFan616

@Icarusflies which? Warsmen, or 'the warsman'?

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#5  Edited By tron_bonne

Psychic is the broader scale of telepathy in combination to other things related to the powers of thought. Xavier, Jean Grey, and Moondragon are considered Psychics. Thanos, Mister Sinister, Magneto, Dr. Doom is considered mind readers, but not exactly a full blown psychic.

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#6  Edited By The Impersonator

Psychic and telepathy are like the same thing. If you're calling a psychic online, that person reads your mind to prove he/she is really a psychic or telepathic. So yeah, the two words are basically the same.

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#7  Edited By Ebbm

I agree with Green Skin, being psychic is just a generic term for all mental capabilities, whereas telepathy is the single ability to read minds.