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Atypical vs Etypical - What's the difference?

atypical | etypical |

As adjectives the difference between atypical and etypical

is that atypical is not conforming to the normal type while etypical is diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.

As a noun atypical

is an atypical antipsychotic.

atypical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not conforming to the normal type.
  • Unusual or irregular.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacy) An atypical antipsychotic.

    • etypical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology) Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.
    • (Webster 1913)