Variable vs Abnormal - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between variable and abnormal

is that variable is able to vary while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

As nouns the difference between variable and abnormal

is that variable is something that is variable while abnormal is a person or object that is not normal.

variable

English

(wikipedia variable)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Able to vary.

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Likely to vary.

* Shakespeare

Lest that thy love prove likewise variable .

Marked by diversity or difference.

(mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.

(biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

Synonyms

* (able to vary) alterable, flexible, changeable, mutable * (likely to vary) fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, shifting, unstable, unsteady * (marked by diversity or difference) varying * aberrant

Antonyms

* (able to vary) constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable * (likely to vary) constant, invariable, immutable, unchangeable * (marked by diversity or difference) unchanging * constant, invariable

Derived terms

* variability * variableness

Noun

(en noun)

Something that is .

Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

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(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.

(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.

(astronomy) A variable star.

(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

(nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Synonyms

* (something that is variable) changeable * (something whose value may be dictated or discovered) parameter * variable quantity

Antonyms

* (something that is variable) constant, invariable

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* bound variable * categorical variable * continuous variable * dependent variable * discrete variable * flow variable * free variable * global variable * independent variable * instance variable * interval variable * local variable * member variable * metasyntactic variable * nominal variable * ordinal variable * ratio variable * stock variable * variable star * variably * vary

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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.

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