Improper vs Aberrant - What's the difference?
improper | aberrant | Related terms |
unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt
Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest
Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous
Not consistent with established facts; incorrect
Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction
(obsolete) Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
* J. Fletcher
(obsolete) To appropriate; to limit.
* Jewel
(obsolete) To behave improperly
(Webster 1913)
Differing from the norm.
(sometimes, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
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A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
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Improper is a related term of aberrant.
As adjectives the difference between improper and aberrant
is that improper is unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt while aberrant is differing from the norm .As a verb improper
is (obsolete|transitive) to appropriate; to limit.As a noun aberrant is
a person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.improper
English
Alternative forms
* impropre (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.
Derived terms
* improper divisor * improper face * improper fit * improper fraction * improper integral * improper motion * improper node * improper orthogonal transformation * improper rotation * improper use * improper workmanshipVerb
(en verb)- He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.
aberrant
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.
