Curious vs. Singular — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Curious and Singular
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Curious
Eager to learn more
Curious investigators.
A trapdoor that made me curious.
Singular
Being only one; individual; lone
A singular tree in the meadow.
Curious
Unduly inquisitive; prying
A curious neighbor always looking over the fence.
Singular
Being the only one of a kind; unique
"Our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared" (Barack Obama).
Curious
Arousing interest because of novelty or strangeness
A curious fact.
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Singular
Being beyond what is ordinary, especially in being exceptionally good; remarkable
"Dinners with [our two friends] became the evenings we looked forward to with singular pleasure" (David Halberstam).
Curious
Accomplished with skill or ingenuity.
Singular
Strange or unusual
"I accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very singular summons" (Edgar Allan Poe).
Curious
Extremely careful; scrupulous or fastidious.
Singular
Of, relating to, or being a noun, pronoun, or adjective denoting a single person or thing or several entities considered as a single unit.
Curious
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.
Singular
Of, relating to, or being a verb expressing the action or state of a single subject.
Curious
Caused by curiosity.
Singular
(Logic) Of or relating to the specific as distinguished from the general; individual.
Curious
Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.
Singular
The singular number or a form designating it.
Curious
(LGBT) bi-curious
Singular
A word having a singular number.
Curious
(obsolete) Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
Singular
Being only one of a larger population.
A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
Curious
(obsolete) Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
Singular
Being the only one of the kind; unique.
She has a singular personality.
Curious
Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium. Category:en:Radioactivity
Singular
Distinguished by superiority: peerless, unmatched, eminent, exceptional, extraordinary.
A man of singular gravity or attainments
Curious
Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.
Little curious in her clothes.
How shall we,If he be curious, work upon his faith?
Singular
Out of the ordinary; curious.
It was very singular; I don't know why he did it.
Curious
Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
To devise curious works.
His body couched in a curious bed.
Singular
(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.
Curious
Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; - sometimes with after or of.
It is a pity a gentleman so very curious after things that were elegant and beautiful should not have been as curious as to their origin, their uses, and their natural history.
Singular
Having no inverse.
Curious
Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.
A multitude of curious analogies.
Many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.
Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results.
Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them.
Singular
Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.
Curious
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
Singular
Not equal to its own cofinality.
Curious
Eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns);
A curious child is a teacher's delight
A trap door that made me curious
Curious investigators
Traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers
Curious about the neighbor's doings
Singular
(law) Each; individual.
To convey several parcels of land, all and singular
Curious
Having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more;
A trap door that made me curious
Singular
(obsolete) Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
Singular
(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
Singular
(logic) That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.
Singular
Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.
And God forbid that all a companyShould rue a singular man's folly.
Singular
Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
To try the matter thus together in a singular combat.
Singular
Existing by itself; single; individual.
The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound.
Singular
Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
Singular
Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; - opposed to dual and plural.
Singular
Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.
So singular a sadnessMust have a cause as strange as the effect.
Singular
Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
Singular
Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; - often implying disapproval or censure.
His zealNone seconded, as out of season judged,Or singular and rash.
To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise.
Singular
Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.
These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.
Singular
An individual instance; a particular.
Singular
The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.
Singular
The form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
Singular
Unusual or striking;
A remarkable sight
Such poise is singular in one so young
Singular
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
A curious hybrid accent
Her speech has a funny twang
They have some funny ideas about war
Had an odd name
The peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
Something definitely queer about this town
What a rum fellow
Singular behavior
Singular
Being a single and separate person or thing;
Can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?
Every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind
Singular
Grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit
Singular
The single one of its kind;
A singular example
The unique existing example of Donne's handwriting
A unique copy of an ancient manuscript
Certain types of problems have unique solutions
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