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Quirkiness vs Absurdity - What's the difference?

quirkiness | absurdity |

In uncountable terms the difference between quirkiness and absurdity

is that quirkiness is the state of being quirky while absurdity is  The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.

In countable terms the difference between quirkiness and absurdity

is that quirkiness is a specific quirky aspect of a person or thing while absurdity is that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.

quirkiness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The state of being quirky
  • Your quirkiness is so endearing.
  • (countable) A specific quirky aspect of a person or thing
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 8, Robbie Brown, Hard Times Find Replica of White House for Sale, New York Times citation
  • , passage="There are certain quirkinesses , but he is a very good neighbor." }}

    absurdity

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
  • (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
  • * His travels were full of absurdities . - Johnson
  • (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
  • * The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number. -
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  • Neither [Jones] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority."

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