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Misfit vs Loner - What's the difference?

misfit | loner |

As nouns the difference between misfit and loner

is that misfit is an ill-fitting garment while loner is .

As a verb misfit

is (intransitive) to fit badly.

misfit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An ill-fitting garment.
  • A failure to fit well; unsuitability, disparity.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 94:
    • And the fact that Christianity's Jesus is the resurrected Christ makes a vital point about the misfit between the Jesus whose teachings we have excavated and the Church which came after him.
  • A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.
  • * 2008 , Adrian Blomfield, "Has Russia got a new Stalin?", :
    • Just to be on the safe side, the Kremlin has also banned any of Putin's serious critics from standing. Three unelectable misfits have been allowed to mount token challenges.
    ''She was very unhappy in .
    The MBA was a misfit when stuck in a meeting with the programmers.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To fit badly.
    • His suit was misfitted and looked awkward.

    loner

    English

    Noun

    (loner) (en noun)
  • One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.
    • I actually enjoy being a loner .

    Synonyms

    * hermit * recluse * anchoret * anchorite * Miller of Dee * solitary * solitaire

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