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Freaky vs Abnormal - What's the difference?

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Freaky is a related term of abnormal.


As adjectives the difference between freaky and abnormal

is that freaky is resembling a freak while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .

As a noun abnormal is

a person or object that is not normal.

freaky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • resembling a freak
  • (slang) odd; bizarre; unusual
    • I've heard the props and costumes in this play are quite freaky .
  • (slang) scary; frightening
    • Have you met the freaky new guy who moved in next door?
  • (slang) sexually deviant
    • The things she asked me to do were too freaky for me.

    Derived terms

    * get freaky

    See also

    * get one's freak on

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    abnormal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * anormal * (obsolete) abnormous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
  • * 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
    • And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
  • Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
  • * 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
    • Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.

    Synonyms

    * aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, odd, strange, unusual.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or object that is not normal.

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