Strange vs Rash - What's the difference?

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Strange is a related term of rash.

In surname terms the difference between strange and rash

is that strange is while rash is .

As proper nouns the difference between strange and rash

is that strange is while rash is .

strange

English

Adjective

(er)

Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.

* Milton

Sated at length, erelong I might perceive / Strange alteration in me.

Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

I moved to a strange town when I was ten.

* Shakespeare

Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.

* 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, pages 48–49:

She's probably sitting there hoping a couple of strange detectives will drop in.

(physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

* 2004 Frank Close, Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford, page 93:

A strange quark is electrically charged, carrying an amount -1/3, as does the down quark.

(obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.

* Shakespeare

one of the strange queen's lords

* Ascham

I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues.

(obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.

* Shakespeare

She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee.

(Nathaniel Hawthorne)

(obsolete) Backward; slow.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

Who, loving the effect, would not be strange / In favouring the cause.

(obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.

* Shakespeare

In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange .

Synonyms

* (not normal) bizarre, fremd, odd, out of the ordinary, peculiar, queer, singular, unwonted, weird * (qualifier, not part of one's experience): new, unfamiliar, unknown * See also

Antonyms

* (not normal) everyday, normal, regular (especially US), standard, usual, unsurprising * (qualifier, not part of one's experience): familiar, known

Derived terms

* for some strange reason * like a cat in a strange garret * strange as it may seem * strange bird * strangelet * strange matter * strange quark * strangely * strangeness * strangeonium * stranger things happen at sea, stranger things have happened at sea * strange to say * truth is stranger than fiction

Verb

(strang)

(obsolete) To alienate; to estrange.

(obsolete) To be estranged or alienated.

(obsolete) To wonder; to be astonished.

(Glanvill)

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Noun

(no plural)

(slang, uncountable) vagina

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rash

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rash, .

Adjective

(er)

Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.

rash words spoken in the heat of debate

So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.

(obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.

* Shakespeare

I scarce have leisure to salute you, / My matter is so rash .

(obsolete) Fast-acting.

* Shakespeare

Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.

Synonyms

(checksyns) * brash * heady * hotheaded * impulsive * inconsiderate * precipitate

Derived terms

* rashness

Noun

(rashes)

(symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.

A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend

There has been a rash of vandalism lately.

Synonyms

(A surge in problems) epidemic

Derived terms

* canker rash * diaper rash * heat rash * hiker’s rash * nappy rash * nettle rash * rashguard * rashie * rash vest * reef rash * rose rash * tooth rash

Verb

(obsolete) To prepare with haste.

(Foxe)

Etymology 2

Compare (etyl) , (etyl) Rasch, probably from Arras in France.

Noun

(-)

An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

(John Donne)

Etymology 3

For arace

Verb

(es)

To pull off or pluck violently.

To slash; to hack; to slice.

* Spenser

rashing of helms and riving plates asunder

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