Abnormal vs Incorrect - What's the difference?
abnormal | incorrect |
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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Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
* He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question
Faulty or defective.
* The PC crashed due to incorrect programming
Inappropriate or improper.
* He was sacked because of his incorrect behaviour towards his secretary
As adjectives the difference between abnormal and incorrect
is that abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type while incorrect is not correct; erroneous or wrong.As a noun abnormal
is a person or object that is not normal.abnormal
English
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.
