Bizarre vs Nutty - What's the difference?

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Bizarre is a related term of nutty.

As adjectives the difference between bizarre and nutty

is that bizarre is strangely unconventional in style or appearance while nutty is containing nuts.

bizarre

English

Adjective

(en-adj)

strangely unconventional in style or appearance.

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, 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

* See also

External links

* * * estrafolari at Diccionari della Llengua Catalana Multilingüe * estrafolari at Institut d'Estudis Catalans

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nutty

English

Adjective

(er)

Containing nuts

Reminiscent of nuts

* 1997 , Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook , Rodale, ISBN 0875964699, p. 210:

Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a a pleasantly nutty flavor.

Barmy, crazy, mad.

Usage notes

In sense “insane”, similar to nuts, but more limited and somewhat milder: nutty means “eccentric, insane”, while “nuts” can mean either “insane” or “enthused, agitated” (“the crowd went nuts”), for which “nutty” is not used: *“the crowd went nutty”.

Synonyms

* nuts, squirrelly * See also