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Unusual vs Nonvanilla - What's the difference?

unusual | nonvanilla |

As adjectives the difference between unusual and nonvanilla

is that unusual is unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm while nonvanilla is not vanilla (standard or mundane, especially of sexual activity); unusual or kinky.

unusual

English

Alternative forms

* unusuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.}}
  • Not usual.

    • Synonyms

    * (different from the expected) abnormal, rare, strange, weird, (stronger) extraordinary ** See also

    Antonyms

    * (different from the expected) normal, usual

    nonvanilla

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not vanilla (standard or mundane, especially of sexual activity); unusual or kinky.
  • * 1997 , Nassim Taleb, Dynamic hedging: managing vanilla and exotic options
    • A nonvanilla option will be more precisely sensitive to the forward volatility in the market between its inception and its stopping time.
  • * 1999 , Steven Zeeland, Military trade
    • That's when I started doing a lot more nonvanilla . With Guy, the Marine from LA, I had more of an intellectual relationship.
  • * 2001 , Alice Alfonsi, John Scognamiglio, Dark Seductions: Tales of Erotic Horror
    • The nonvanilla sex would probably turn out to be B&D, handcuffs, spanking, and the like.