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Deviant vs Freakish - What's the difference?

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Deviant is a related term of freakish.


As adjectives the difference between deviant and freakish

is that deviant is deviant while freakish is resembling a freak.

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. ----

    freakish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • resembling a freak
  • strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, " Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:
    • This was arguably a more emphatic win than that Old Trafford thrashing, without the freakish element and simply the result of City's vast superiority in all areas.
  • capricious or unpredictable

    • Derived terms

    * freakishly