Abnormal vs Irregularity - What's the difference?
abnormal | irregularity |
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
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:
(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.
As nouns the difference between abnormal and irregularity
is that abnormal is a person or object that is not normal while irregularity is (countable) an instance of being irregular.As an adjective abnormal
is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .abnormal
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Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- 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.References
irregularity
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Noun
- an irregularity of surface
- An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.