Conventional vs. Unconventional — What's the Difference?

Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary

Not adhering to convention; out of the ordinary.

Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional

Not adhering to convention or accepted standards

Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.

Out of the ordinary

Unimaginative; conformist

Atypical

Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.

Something or someone that is unconventional.

(Law) Based on consent or agreement; contractual.

Not conforming to accepted rules or standards;

Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.

Not conventional or conformist;

Using means other than nuclear energy

Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention;

Using means other than nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons

Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

Ordinary, commonplace.

Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.

(weapons) Pertaining to a weapon which is not a weapon of mass destruction.

(agriculture) Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

(bridge) In accordance with a bidding convention, as opposed to a natural bid.

(finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal.

Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules.

Following accepted customs and proprieties;

Conforming with accepted standards;

(weapons) using non-nuclear energy for propulsion or destruction;

Unimaginative and conformist;

Represented in simplified or symbolic form

In accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past;

Rigidly formal or bound by convention;