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Marvel vs Eccentricity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between marvel and eccentricity

is that marvel is that which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle while eccentricity is the quality of being eccentric; any eccentric behaviour.

As a verb marvel

is to become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.

marvel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • That which causes wonder; a prodigy; a miracle.
  • * Bible, Exodus xxxiv. 10
  • I will do marvels such as have not been done.
  • Wonder, astonishment.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • Use lessens marvel .

    Verb

  • To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
  • * Bible, 1 John iii. 13
  • Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
  • (obsolete) To marvel at.
  • (Wyclif)
  • (obsolete, transitive, used impersonally) To cause to marvel or be surprised.
  • * Richard the Redeless
  • But much now me marvelleth .

    eccentricity

    Noun

    (eccentricities)
  • The quality of being eccentric; any eccentric behaviour.
  • *
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  • (mathematics) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.