Unusual vs Nutty - What's the difference?

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Unusual is a related term of nutty.

As adjectives the difference between unusual and nutty

is that unusual is unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm while nutty is containing nuts.

unusual

English

Alternative forms

* unusuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm.

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Not usual.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

* (different from the expected) normal, usual

nutty

English

Adjective

(er)

Containing nuts

Reminiscent of nuts

* 1997 , Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook , Rodale, ISBN 0875964699, p. 210:

Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a a pleasantly nutty flavor.

Barmy, crazy, mad.

Usage notes

In sense “insane”, similar to nuts, but more limited and somewhat milder: nutty means “eccentric, insane”, while “nuts” can mean either “insane” or “enthused, agitated” (“the crowd went nuts”), for which “nutty” is not used: *“the crowd went nutty”.

Synonyms

* nuts, squirrelly * See also