Extraordinary vs Erratic - What's the difference?
extraordinary | erratic |
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;
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unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
Deviating from the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; odd.
(geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
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Anything that has erratic characteristics.
As adjectives the difference between extraordinary and erratic
is that extraordinary is not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; while erratic is unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.As a noun erratic is
(geology) a rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.extraordinary
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Adjective
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Usage notes
* Can be said of all kinds of objects including people, events, things, and terms. * The pronunciation "extrordinary" is often preferred so as to avoid confusion with "extra ordinary", which would be defined as "more ordinary than usual".Synonyms
*Antonyms
* everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usualDerived terms
* extraordinary optical transmission * extraordinary professor * extraordinary renditionerratic
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Alternative forms
* erratick, erraticke, erratique (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
- erratic conduct
Derived terms
* erraticallyAntonyms
* consistentNoun
(en noun)- The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic , but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks.