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Oddball vs Aberrant - What's the difference?

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Oddball is a related term of aberrant.


As nouns the difference between oddball and aberrant

is that oddball is an eccentric or unusual person while aberrant is a person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

As adjectives the difference between oddball and aberrant

is that oddball is exotic, not mainstream, such as an oddball word or an oddball computer program while aberrant is differing from the norm .

oddball

English

(wikipedia oddball)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An eccentric or unusual person.
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    • See also

    * weirdo * queer fish

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Exotic, not mainstream, such as an oddball word or an oddball computer program.
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    • aberrant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Differing from the norm.
  • (sometimes, figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
  • (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
  • * ,
    • The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

    Derived terms

    * aberrance * aberrancy * aberration * aberrational * aberrantly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
  • (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

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