Irregularity vs Oddity - What's the difference?
irregularity | oddity |
(countable) An instance of being irregular.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
(countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
(countable) A violation of rules.
An odd or strange thing or opinion.
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A strange person; an oddball.
Strangeness.
As nouns the difference between irregularity and oddity
is that irregularity is an instance of being irregular while oddity is an odd or strange thing or opinion.irregularity
English
Noun
- an irregularity of surface
- An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.