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Deviant vs Delinquency - What's the difference?

deviant | delinquency |

As nouns the difference between deviant and delinquency

is that deviant is a person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior while delinquency is misconduct.

As an adjective deviant

is of or pertaining to a deviation; characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

deviant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a deviation; characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
    • At the trial, the extent of his deviant behavior became clear.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.
    • He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.
  • A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.
    • As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant .

    See also

    (defiant)

    References

    * Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. ----

    delinquency

    English

    Noun

    (delinquencies)
  • misconduct
  • a criminal offense
  • a debt that is overdue for payment

    • Derived terms

    * juvenile delinquency