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Erratic vs Oddball - What's the difference?

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Erratic is a related term of oddball.


As adjectives the difference between erratic and oddball

is that erratic is unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent while oddball is exotic, not mainstream, such as an oddball word or an oddball computer program.

As nouns the difference between erratic and oddball

is that erratic is (geology) a rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier while oddball is an eccentric or unusual person.

erratic

English

Alternative forms

* erratick, erraticke, erratique (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
    • Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
  • Deviating from the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; odd.
    • erratic conduct

    Derived terms

    * erratically

    Antonyms

    * consistent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
  • * 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA 2003, p. 372:
    • The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic , but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks.
  • Anything that has erratic characteristics.

    • Anagrams

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    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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