Irregularity vs Whimsy - What's the difference?
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(countable) An instance of being irregular.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
(countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
(countable) A violation of rules.
A quaint and fanciful idea. A whim. Playfully odd behaviour.
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An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
(mining) A whim.
To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
* J. Fletcher
Irregularity is a related term of whimsy.
As nouns the difference between irregularity and whimsy
is that irregularity is (countable) an instance of being irregular while whimsy is a quaint and fanciful idea a whim playfully odd behaviour.As a verb whimsy is
to fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.irregularity
English
Noun
- an irregularity of surface
- An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.
Antonyms
* regularitywhimsy
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Alternative forms
* whimseyNoun
(en-noun)- The whimsies of poets and painters. — Ray.
- Men's folly, whimsies , and inconstancy. — Swift.
- Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. — Bancroft.
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Verb
- To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth.