Abnormal vs. Anomalous

Abnormaladjective

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

Anomalousadjective

Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.

Abnormaladjective

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

Anomalousadjective

Of uncertain or unknown categorization; strange.

Abnormalnoun

A person or object that is not normal.

Anomalousadjective

Having anomalies.

Abnormaladjective

Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.

Anomalousadjective

Deviating from a general rule, method, or analogy; abnormal; irregular; as, an anomalous proceeding.

Abnormaladjective

not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm;

‘abnormal powers of concentration’; ‘abnormal amounts of rain’; ‘abnormal circumstances’; ‘an abnormal interest in food’;

Anomalousadjective

deviating from the general or common order or type;

‘advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe’;

Abnormaladjective

departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development;

‘they were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal’; ‘an abnormal personality’;

Abnormaladjective

much greater than the normal;

‘abnormal profits’; ‘abnormal ambition’;

Abnormaladjective

deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying

‘the illness is recognizable from the patient's abnormal behaviour’;