Abnormal vs Nonstandard - What's the difference?
abnormal | nonstandard | Related terms |
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
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Not standard.
(linguistics) Not conforming to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
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Something that is not standard.
* 2008 , Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista (page 438)
Abnormal is a related term of nonstandard.
As adjectives the difference between abnormal and nonstandard
is that abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type while nonstandard is not standard.As nouns the difference between abnormal and nonstandard
is that abnormal is a person or object that is not normal while nonstandard is something that is not standard.abnormal
English
Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.
Synonyms
* aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, odd, strange, unusual.References
nonstandard
English
Alternative forms
* non-standardAdjective
(en adjective)- The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser'' has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
(91) England put themselves in a position [''whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonight?s game] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4)
Derived terms
* nonstandard dialect * nonstandard item * nonstandard method * nonstandard unitNoun
(en noun)- Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards .