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Nonstandard vs Offbeat - What's the difference?

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Nonstandard is a related term of offbeat.


As adjectives the difference between nonstandard and offbeat

is that nonstandard is not standard while offbeat is unusual, unconventional, not ordinary.

As nouns the difference between nonstandard and offbeat

is that nonstandard is something that is not standard while offbeat is (music) the beats not normally accented in a measure.

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 .

    offbeat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * off-beat, off beat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (music) The beats not normally accented in a measure.
    • The congregation clapped along on the offbeat .
  • (slang) An unconventional person, someone who does not follow the beat, who chooses not to conform.
  • * 1977 , Lyle W Dorsett, The Queen City: a history of Denver
    • No one dignified such offbeats by responding to their outcries. Today, the "knockers of progress" have become a force that cannot be ignored.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1980 , author=Eleanor C. Hein , title=Communication in nursing practice , chapter= citation , isbn=0316354538, 9780316354530 , page=16 , passage=Being an oddball, an offbeat , or a creative person, as Jourard sees the committed professional, is something all nurses should risk.}}
  • * 2001 , Andrew Yoder, Pirate Radio Stations
    • In addition to creating a web of stories that will be passed through many generations, these offbeats usually strengthen the fiber of their particular hobby...

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unusual, unconventional, not ordinary.
    • He has such an offbeat sense of humor that hardly anyone finds his jokes amusing.

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