Bohemian vs. Eccentric — What's the Difference?

A native or inhabitant of Bohemia (now the western part of the Czech Republic).

(of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange

Relating to Bohemia or its people

Not placed centrally or not having its axis or other part placed centrally

A native or inhabitant of Bohemia.

A person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour

A person of Bohemian ancestry.

A disc or wheel mounted eccentrically on a revolving shaft in order to transform rotation into backward-and-forward motion, e.g. a cam in an internal combustion engine.

The Czech dialects of Bohemia.

Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern.

(Archaic) A Romani person.

Deviating from a circular form or path, as in an elliptical orbit.

An itinerant person; a vagabond.

Not having the same center

A person with artistic or literary interests who disregards conventional standards of behavior.

Having the axis located elsewhere than at the geometric center.

An unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer.

One that deviates markedly from an established norm, especially a person of odd or unconventional behavior.

Unconventional, especially in habit or dress.

(Physics) A disk or wheel having its axis of revolution displaced from its center so that it is capable of imparting reciprocating motion.

A native of Bohemia.

Not at or in the centre; away from the centre.

The language of the Czechs (the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic family.

Not perfectly circular; elliptical.

A restless vagabond; - originally, an idle stroller or gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in later times often applied to an adventurer in art or literature, of irregular, unconventional habits, questionable tastes, or free morals.

Having a different center; not concentric.

A member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents

(of a person) Deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently; unconventional and slightly strange.

A native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic

Against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle (such as results from flexion of the lower arm (bending of the elbow joint) by an external force while contracting the triceps and other elbow extensor muscles to control that movement; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter).

A nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional life

Having different goals or motives.

Of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people

One who does not behave like others.

Unconventional in especially appearance and behavior;

(slang) A kook; a person of bizarre habits or beliefs.

(geometry) A circle not having the same centre as another.

(engineering) A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.

(physiology) An exercise that goes against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle.

Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.

Not having the same center; - said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; - opposed to concentric.

Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.

Not coincident as to motive or end.

Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct.

A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.

One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing.

In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center.

A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw.

A person with an unusual or odd personality

A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;

Not having a common center; not concentric;