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Deviant vs Digressive - What's the difference?

deviant | digressive |

As adjectives the difference between deviant and digressive

is that deviant is deviant while digressive is marked by digression; rambling.

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. ----

    digressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by digression; rambling
  • Derived terms

    * digressiveness