Abnormal vs Disordered - What's the difference?
abnormal | disordered |
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
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(disorder)
Chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.
Deranged.
* 1919 , :
As adjectives the difference between abnormal and disordered
is that abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type while disordered is chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.As a noun abnormal
is a person or object that is not normal.As a verb disordered is
(disorder).abnormal
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Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.
Synonyms
* aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, odd, strange, unusual.References
disordered
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- The frenzy which had unsettled the mind of the hermit was by him communicated to his hearers who, sinking into a trance, fell easy victims to the fearful visions of a disordered mind.