Grotesque vs Outlandish - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between grotesque and outlandish

is that grotesque is distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous while outlandish is bizarre, strange.

is a style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.

(wikipedia grotesque)

(en adjective)

distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous

disgusting or otherwise viscerally reviling.

(typography) sans serif.

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(en noun)

A style of ornamentation characterized by fanciful combinations of intertwined forms.

Anything grotesque.

(typography) A sans serif typeface.

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(en adjective)

bizarre, strange

:The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.

(archaic) foreign, alien

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