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Anomaly vs Abnormity - What's the difference?

anomaly | abnormity |

As nouns the difference between anomaly and abnormity

is that anomaly is a deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal while abnormity is (rare) .

anomaly

English

(wikipedia anomaly)

Noun

(anomalies)
  • A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal.
  • * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
    • This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
  • Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
    • He is an anomaly among his friends.
  • (science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
  • (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
  • (biology) A defect or malformation.
  • (quantum physics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
  • (dated) An irregularity or disproportion.

    • Synonyms

    * (deviation from the norm) abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon

    Derived terms

    () * anomaloscope * anomalous * eccentric anomaly * flyby anomaly * mean anomaly * true anomaly

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    abnormity

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (abnormality) abnormalcy * (abnormality) abnormalism

    Noun

    (abnormities)
  • (rare)
  • * 1893 , Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13997 Real Folks] :
    • Why do critics—some of them—make such short, smart work,—such cheerful, confident despatch, nowadays, of a story with religion in it, as if it were an abnormity ,—a thing with sentence of death in itself, like a calf born with two heads,—that needs not their trouble, save to name it as it is?
  • A monstrosity

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