Aberrant vs Odious - What's the difference?
aberrant | odious |
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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Arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
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* {{quote-book
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, author=Mary Shelley
, title=Frankenstein
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As adjectives the difference between aberrant and odious
is that aberrant is differing from the norm while odious is arousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.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.
Derived terms
* aberrance * aberrancy * aberration * aberrational * aberrantlyNoun
(en noun)References
odious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Scrubbing the toilet is an odious task.
citation, passage=He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.}}