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Idiosyncrasy vs Singularity - What's the difference?

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Idiosyncrasy is a related term of singularity.


As nouns the difference between idiosyncrasy and singularity

is that idiosyncrasy is a behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person while singularity is the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.

idiosyncrasy

English

(wikipedia idiosyncrasy)

Noun

(idiosyncrasies)
  • A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
  • A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.
  • (medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.
  • A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
    • He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling.

    Synonyms

    * eccentricity * foible * habit * mannerism * oddity * quirk * vagary

    Derived terms

    (derived terms) * idiosyncratic * idiosyncratically

    See also

    * eccentricity * habit * peculiarity * speciality * specialness * specialty * trait

    References

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    singularity

    English

    Noun

  • the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual
  • * Addison
    • I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn.
  • a point where all parallel lines meet
  • a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value
  • (mathematics) the value or range of values of a function for which a derivative does not exist
  • (physics) a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes
  • A proposed point in the technological future at which artificial intelligences become capable of augmenting and improving themselves, leading to an explosive growth in intelligence.
  • (obsolete) Anything singular, rare, or curious.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Your gallery Have we passed through, not without much content / In many singularities .
  • (obsolete) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
  • * Hooker
    • No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop].
  • * Bishop Pearson
    • Catholicism must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation.
  • (obsolete) celibacy
    • (Jeremy Taylor)

    Derived terms

    * nonsingularity * naked singularity

    Related terms

    * single * singular

    External links

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