Aberrant vs Desultory - What's the difference?
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Differing from the norm.
(sometimes, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
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A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
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Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence.
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Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject.
Disappointing in performance or progress.
(obsolete) Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.
Aberrant is a related term of desultory.
As adjectives the difference between aberrant and desultory
is that aberrant is differing from the norm while desultory is jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence.As a noun aberrant
is a person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.aberrant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
Derived terms
* aberrance * aberrancy * aberration * aberrational * aberrantlyNoun
(en noun)References
desultory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- To mend the matter, Hamlet's aunt had the family failing of indulging in soliloquy, and held forth in a desultory manner, by herself, on every topic that was introduced.
- He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.
- I teach a class of desultory minds.
- I made a desultory remark while I was talking to my friend.
- She made a desultory attempt at conversation.