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Bizarre vs Exotic - What's the difference?

bizarre | exotic |

As adjectives the difference between bizarre and exotic

is that bizarre is strangely unconventional in style or appearance while exotic is exotic.

bizarre

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • strangely unconventional in style or appearance.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
  • , date=October 22 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=West Brom enjoyed more possession as the half progressed and were handed a penalty of their own in the 21st minute in bizarre circumstances.}}

    Usage notes

    The more'' and ''most forms are the most common comparative and superlative forms. While (bizarrest) is encountered not infrequently and is acceptable in most situations, (bizarrer) is rare and non-standard.

    Synonyms

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    Anagrams

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    exotic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  • * (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
  • Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
  • Non-native to the ecosystem.
  • Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.
  • Derived terms

    * exotically * exoticness * exotic atom * exotic baryon * exotic cheroot * exotic dancer * exotic sphere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
  • An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
  • (physics) Any exotic particle.
  • Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics .

    Derived terms

    * invasive exotic