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Deviant vs Deviator - What's the difference?

deviant | deviator |

As an adjective deviant

is deviant.

As a noun deviator is

that which deviates, or causes deviation.

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. ----

    deviator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which deviates, or causes deviation
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 29, author=Jon Meacham, title=Friends of Winston, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=For Tories like Cartland, deviating from the Chamberlain line was seen as betrayal, not disagreement, and the deviators were subjected to raw schoolboy pressure. }} ----