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Monstrosity vs Monstruosity - What's the difference?

monstrosity | monstruosity |

As nouns the difference between monstrosity and monstruosity

is that monstrosity is a plant or animal showing abnormal development or deformity while monstruosity is obsolete form of lang=en.

monstrosity

English

Noun

(monstrosities)
  • A plant or animal showing abnormal development or deformity.
  • * 1859 , (Charles Darwin), The Origin of Species , I:
    • Geoffrey St Hilaire's experiments show that unnatural treatment of the embryo causes monstrosities'; and ' monstrosities cannot be separated by any clear line of distinction from mere variations.
  • A monstrous thing, person or act.
  • The state of being monstrous.

    • monstruosity

    English

    Noun

    • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)