Similarities/Differences between a Sociopath and Psycopath?

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Similarities/Differences between a Sociopath and Psycopath?

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Those terms have been deprecated by the DSM-5 (basically a guide for diagnosing mental disorders), and Antisocial Personality Disorder is used instead. Someone previously diagnosed as a sociopath or psychopath would be classified as ASPD.

In pop culture, both of them are characters traits that are defined by a lack of remorse, but the sociopath is classically represented as violent, while the psychopath is classically represented as a cunning manipulator.
Let me clarify, in case I wasn’t obvious, that these are **fictional representations** of ASPD.