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Nonstandard vs Outlandish - What's the difference?

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Nonstandard is a related term of outlandish.


As adjectives the difference between nonstandard and outlandish

is that nonstandard is not standard while outlandish is bizarre, strange.

As a noun nonstandard

is something that is not standard.

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 .

    outlandish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • bizarre, strange
  • :The rock star wore black with outlandish pink and green spiked hair.
  • (archaic) foreign, alien

    • Synonyms

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    Related terms

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