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Fanatical vs Offbeat - What's the difference?

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Fanatical is a related term of offbeat.


As adjectives the difference between fanatical and offbeat

is that fanatical is having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause while offbeat is unusual, unconventional, not ordinary.

As a noun offbeat is

(music) the beats not normally accented in a measure.

fanatical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause

    • offbeat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * off-beat, off beat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) The beats not normally accented in a measure.
    • The congregation clapped along on the offbeat .
  • (slang) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
  • * 1977 , Lyle W Dorsett, The Queen City: a history of Denver
    • No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1980 , author=Eleanor C. Hein , title=Communication in nursing practice , chapter= citation , isbn=0316354538, 9780316354530 , page=16 , passage=Being an oddball, an offbeat , or a creative person, as Jourard sees the committed professional, is something all nurses should risk.}}
  • * 2001 , Andrew Yoder, Pirate Radio Stations
    • In addition to creating a web of stories that will be passed through many generations, these offbeats usually strengthen the fiber of their particular hobby...

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unusual, unconventional, not ordinary.
    • He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.

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