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Anomalous vs Erratic - What's the difference?

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Anomalous is a related term of erratic.


As adjectives the difference between anomalous and erratic

is that anomalous is deviating from the normal; aberrant or abnormal while erratic is unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.

As a noun erratic is

(geology) a rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.

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

    erratic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * erratick, erraticke, erratique (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
    • Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
  • Deviating from the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; odd.
    • erratic conduct

    Derived terms

    * erratically

    Antonyms

    * consistent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
  • * 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA 2003, p. 372:
    • The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic , but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks.
  • Anything that has erratic characteristics.

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