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Nonstandard vs Atypical - What's the difference?

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Nonstandard is a related term of atypical.


As adjectives the difference between nonstandard and atypical

is that nonstandard is not standard while atypical is not conforming to the normal type.

As nouns the difference between nonstandard and atypical

is that nonstandard is something that is not standard while atypical is (pharmacy) an atypical antipsychotic.

nonstandard

English

Alternative forms

* non-standard

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not standard.
  • (linguistics) Not conforming to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
  • *
    • 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 unit

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is not standard.
  • * 2008 , Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista (page 438)
    • Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards .

    atypical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not conforming to the normal type.
  • Unusual or irregular.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacy) An atypical antipsychotic.