Deviant vs Pervert - What's the difference?
deviant | pervert | Synonyms |
Of or pertaining to a deviation; characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.
A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.
(dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
To turn another way; to divert.
* Shakespeare
To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt.
* Milton
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To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.
To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
Pervert is a synonym of deviant.
As nouns the difference between deviant and pervert
is that deviant is a person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior while pervert is one who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.As an adjective deviant
is of or pertaining to a deviation; characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.As a verb pervert is
to turn another way; to divert.deviant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- At the trial, the extent of his deviant behavior became clear.
Noun
(en noun)- He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.
- As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant .
See also
(defiant)References
* Random House Webster’s Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. ----pervert
English
(wikipedia pervert)Noun
(en noun)- Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
Usage notes
* In contemporary usage, pervert is usually understood to refer to a sexually perverted person. Traditionally the word was mainly associated with persons of false religious beliefs.Synonyms
* (sexually perverted person) deviant, perv (slang)Antonyms
* convert (religious)Verb
(en verb)- Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
- He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.
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- pervert one's words
- (Testament of Love)
