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Anomalous vs Deviant - What's the difference?

anomalous | deviant |

As adjectives the difference between anomalous and deviant

is that anomalous is deviating from the normal; aberrant or abnormal while deviant is of or pertaining to a deviation; characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

As a noun deviant is

a person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.

anomalous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deviating from the normal; aberrant or abnormal.
  • Of uncertain or unknown categorization.
  • Having anomalies.

    • Derived terms

    * anomalously

    Related terms

    * anomal * anomaly

    deviant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a deviation; characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
    • At the trial, the extent of his deviant behavior became clear.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.
    • He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.
  • A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.
    • As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant .

    See also

    (defiant)

    References

    * Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. ----