Abnormal vs Crooked - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between abnormal and crooked

is that abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type while crooked is not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

As a noun abnormal

is a person or object that is not normal.

As a verb crooked is

past tense of crook.

abnormal

English

Alternative forms

* anormal * (obsolete) abnormous

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:

And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.

Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.

* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:

Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.

Synonyms

* aberrant, anomalous, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, odd, strange, unusual.

Noun

(en noun)

A person or object that is not normal.

References

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crooked

English

Etymology 1

From crook, equivalent to .

Verb

(head)

(crook)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) croked, crokid, past participle of . More at (l).

Adjective

(en adjective)

Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.

Set at an angle; not vertical or square.

That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?

(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.

He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.