Anomaly vs. Abnormal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Anomaly and Abnormal
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Anomaly
Deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule.
Abnormal
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
Anomaly
One that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify
"Both men are anomalies.
Abnormal
Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal; deviant.
Anomaly
(Astronomy) The angular deviation, as observed from the sun, of a planet from its perihelion.
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Abnormal
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
Anomaly
A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
Abnormal
Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
Anomaly
Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
He is an anomaly among his friends in that he's the only one who's unmarried.
Abnormal
A person or object that is not normal.
Anomaly
(science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
She disregarded some of the anomalies in the experiment, putting them down to miscalculation.
Abnormal
Not conformed to rule or system; deviating from the type; anomalous; irregular.
Anomaly
(astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
Abnormal
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
Anomaly
(biology) A defect or malformation.
Abnormal
Departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development;
They were heartbroken when they learned their child was abnormal
An abnormal personality
Anomaly
(quantum physics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
Abnormal
Much greater than the normal;
Abnormal profits
Abnormal ambition
Anomaly
(dated) An irregularity or disproportion.
Anomaly
Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.
We are enabled to unite into a consistent whole the various anomalies and contending principles that are found in the minds and affairs of men.
As Professor Owen has remarked, there is no greater anomaly in nature than a bird that can not fly.
Anomaly
The angular distance of a planet from its perihelion, as seen from the sun. This is the true anomaly. The eccentric anomaly is a corresponding angle at the center of the elliptic orbit of the planet. The mean anomaly is what the anomaly would be if the planet's angular motion were uniform.
Anomaly
Any deviation from the essential characteristics of a specific type.
Anomaly
Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Anomaly
A person who is unusual
Anomaly
(astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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