Debased vs Abnormal - What's the difference?
debased | abnormal | Related terms |
(debase)
To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
(archaic) To lower in position or rank.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
To lower the value of (a currency) by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
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Debased is a related term of abnormal.
As a verb debased
is (debase).As an adjective abnormal is
not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .As a noun abnormal is
a person or object that is not normal.debased
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
*debase
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Verb
(debas)Synonyms
* adulterate, degrade, demeanDerived terms
* debased * debasedness * debasement * debaser * undebasedReferences
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*abnormal
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Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.
