Weird vs Rash - What's the difference?

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Weird is a related term of rash.

As a noun weird

is (acronym) western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic.

As a proper noun rash is

weird

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Adjective

(er)

Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.

Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.

* Longfellow

Those sweet, low tones, that seemed like a weird incantation.

* Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act 1 Scene 5

Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who all-hailed me, 'Thane of Cawdor'; by which title, before, these weird sisters saluted me, and referred me to the coming on of time, with 'Hail, king that shalt be!'

Having supernatural or preternatural power.

There was a weird light shining above the hill.

Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

There are lots of weird people in this place.

Deviating from the normal; bizarre.

It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day.

(archaic) Of or pertaining to the Fates.

Usage notes

* Weird is one of the most noted exceptions to the (I before E except after C) spelling heuristic.

Synonyms

* (having supernatural or preternatural power) eerie, uncanny * (unusually strange in character or behaviour) fremd, oddball, peculiar, whacko * (deviating from the normal) bizarre, fremd, odd, out of the ordinary, strange * (of or pertaining to the Fates) fateful * See also

Derived terms

* weirdo * weirdly * weirdness * weird out

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.

* 1912 , , trans. Arthur S. Way (Heinemenn 1946, p. 361)

In the weird of death shall the hapless be whelmed, and from Doom’s dark prison / Shall she steal forth never again.

A prediction.

(obsolete, Scotland) A spell or charm.

(Sir Walter Scott)

That which comes to pass; a fact.

(archaic, in the plural) The Fates (personified).

Synonyms

* (l)

Derived terms

* * weirdless

Verb

(en verb)

To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.

To warn solemnly; adjure.

See weird out .

That joke really weirded me out.

Anagrams

* * * English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----

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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