Remarkable vs Abnormal - What's the difference?
remarkable | abnormal |
Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
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Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
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:
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As adjectives the difference between remarkable and abnormal
is that remarkable is worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .As a noun abnormal is
a person or object that is not normal.remarkable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
- [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
- "'Tis remarkable , that they talk most who have the least to say." -Prior.
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Synonyms
* eminent * extraordinary * notable * noticeable * observable * outstanding * rare * strange * unusual * wonderfulAntonyms
* unremarkableDerived terms
* remarkableness * remarkablyabnormal
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Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.