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Unaccustomed vs Unfamiliar - What's the difference?

unaccustomed | unfamiliar |

As adjectives the difference between unaccustomed and unfamiliar

is that unaccustomed is not prepared by life experience to an event or thing, not accustomed while unfamiliar is strange, not familiar.

As a noun unfamiliar is

an unfamiliar person; a stranger.

unaccustomed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not prepared by life experience to an event or thing, not accustomed.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.}}
    He is unaccustomed to the cold.

    Derived terms

    * unaccustomedly * unaccustomedness

    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.