What is the difference between anomalous and abnormal?
anomalous | abnormal |
Deviating from the normal; aberrant or abnormal.
Of uncertain or unknown categorization.
Having anomalies.
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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Abnormal is a synonym of anomalous.
As adjectives the difference between anomalous and abnormal
is that anomalous is deviating from the normal; aberrant or abnormal while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.As a noun abnormal is
a person or object that is not normal.anomalous
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* anomalouslyabnormal
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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.