Abnormal vs Perverse - What's the difference?
abnormal | perverse |
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:
Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.
Obstinately in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (legal, of a verdict) Ignoring the evidence or the judge's opinions.
As adjectives the difference between abnormal and perverse
is that abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type while perverse is turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the (morally) right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted.As a noun abnormal
is a person or object that is not normal.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
perverse
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Adjective
(en adjective)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.