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Exotic vs Unfamiliar - What's the difference?

exotic | unfamiliar | Synonyms |

Exotic is a synonym of unfamiliar.


As adjectives the difference between exotic and unfamiliar

is that exotic is exotic while unfamiliar is strange, not familiar.

As a noun unfamiliar is

an unfamiliar person; a stranger.

exotic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Foreign, especially in an exciting way.
  • * (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
    • Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
  • Non-native to the ecosystem.
  • Being or relating to an option with features that make it more complex than commonly traded options.

    • Related terms

    * exotica

    Derived terms

    * exotically * exoticness * exotic atom * exotic baryon * exotic cheroot * exotic dancer * exotic sphere

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) An organism that is exotic to an environment.
  • An exotic dancer; a stripteaser.
  • (physics) Any exotic particle.
    • Glueballs, theoretical particles composed only of gluons, are exotics .

    Derived terms

    * invasive exotic

    External links

    * (projectlink) * ----

    unfamiliar

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Strange, not familiar.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=United were second-best for long periods as they struggled to adapt to an unfamiliar line-up and were ultimately fortunate to leave Merseyside with their unbeaten league run still intact.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unfamiliar person; a stranger.