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Eerie vs Wierd - What's the difference?

eerie | wierd |

As adjectives the difference between eerie and wierd

is that eerie is strange, weird, fear-inspiring while wierd is misspelling of weird.

eerie

English

Alternative forms

* eery

Adjective

(er)
  • strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
    • The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight.
  • (Scotland) fearful, timid.
  • * 1883 , George MacDonald, Donal Grant
    • She began to feel eerie .

    Synonyms

    * See also * creepy, spooky

    Derived terms

    * eerily (adverb) * eeriness (noun) * eerisome

    wierd

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • * 1929 December, , Volume 19, Number 12, Boy Scouts of America, page 61:
    • The effect is very wierd and startling, especially when viewed after dark.
  • * 2002 , Edward F. Little, A Future Metaphysics (page 72)
    • With all of these things you can do some pretty wierd things to your original triangle.
  • * 2005 , John K. Gilbert, Constructing worlds through science education (page 63)
    • The components of imagined worlds, no matter how wierd and unfamiliar these may be, are often based on familiar components...
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