Eerie vs Wierd - What's the difference?
eerie | wierd |
strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
(Scotland) fearful, timid.
* 1883 , George MacDonald, Donal Grant
* 1929 December, , Volume 19, Number 12, Boy Scouts of America,
* 2002 , Edward F. Little, A Future Metaphysics (page 72)
* 2005 , John K. Gilbert, Constructing worlds through science education (page 63)
As adjectives the difference between eerie and wierd
is that eerie is strange, weird, fear-inspiring while wierd is misspelling of weird.eerie
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Alternative forms
* eeryAdjective
(er)- The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
- She began to feel eerie .
Synonyms
* See also * creepy, spookyDerived terms
* eerily (adverb) * eeriness (noun) * eerisomewierd
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Adjective
(head)page 61:
- The effect is very wierd and startling, especially when viewed after dark.
- With all of these things you can do some pretty wierd things to your original triangle.
- The components of imagined worlds, no matter how wierd and unfamiliar these may be, are often based on familiar components...