Aberrant vs Dysfunctional - What's the difference?
aberrant | dysfunctional |
Differing from the norm.
(sometimes, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
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A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
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As adjectives the difference between aberrant and dysfunctional
is that aberrant is differing from the norm while dysfunctional is functioning incorrectly or abnormally.As a noun aberrant
is a person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.aberrant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
