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Oddball vs Abnormal - What's the difference?

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Oddball is a related term of abnormal.


As nouns the difference between oddball and abnormal

is that oddball is an eccentric or unusual person while abnormal is a person or object that is not normal.

As adjectives the difference between oddball and abnormal

is that oddball is exotic, not mainstream, such as an oddball word or an oddball computer program while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .

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.
  • *

    • abnormal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * anormal * (obsolete) abnormous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
  • * 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
    • And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
  • 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:
    • 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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or object that is not normal.

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