Freakish vs Uncertain - What's the difference?
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resembling a freak
strange, unusual, abnormal or bizarre
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "
capricious or unpredictable
Not certain; unsure.
*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
*:Man, without the protection of a superior Being,is uncertain of everything that he hopes for.
Not known for certain; questionable.
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Not yet determined; undecided.
Variable and subject to change.
Fitful or unsteady.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
Unpredictable or capricious.
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:O woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain , coy, and hard to please!
Freakish is a related term of uncertain.
As adjectives the difference between freakish and uncertain
is that freakish is resembling a freak while uncertain is not certain; unsure.freakish
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Adjective
(en adjective)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.