Idiosyncrasy vs Zany - What's the difference?
idiosyncrasy | zany |
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.
unusual and bizarre in a funny, comical way; outlandish; clownish
ludicrously or incongruously comical
(obsolete) A fool or clown. Especially one whose business on the stage was to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown
* John Donne
* Alexander Pope
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
As nouns the difference between idiosyncrasy and zany
is that idiosyncrasy is a behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person while zany is (obsolete) a fool or clown especially one whose business on the stage was to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown.As an adjective zany is
unusual and bizarre in a funny, comical way; outlandish; clownish.idiosyncrasy
English
(wikipedia idiosyncrasy)Noun
(idiosyncrasies)- He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling.
Synonyms
* eccentricity * foible * habit * mannerism * oddity * quirk * vagaryDerived terms
(derived terms) * idiosyncratic * idiosyncraticallySee also
* eccentricity * habit * peculiarity * speciality * specialness * specialty * traitReferences
* *zany
English
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* wackyDerived terms
* zaninessNoun
(zanies)- Then write that I may follow, and so be / Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany .
- Preacher at once, and zany of thy age.
- So there he caught me lying like a zany on the ground. You may guess I stood at attention soon enough, but told him I was looking at the founds to see if they wanted underpinning from the floods.