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Altered vs Abnormal - What's the difference?

altered | abnormal |

As nouns the difference between altered and abnormal

is that altered is a kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine while abnormal is a person or object that is not normal.

As a verb altered

is past tense of alter.

As an adjective abnormal is

not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

altered

English

Verb

(head)
  • (alter)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.
  • Anagrams

    * * * * *

    abnormal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * anormal * (obsolete) abnormous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
  • * 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
  • And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
  • 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:
  • 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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or object that is not normal.
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