Deviant vs. Deviate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deviant and Deviate
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Deviant
Departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour
Deviant behaviour
A deviant ideology
Deviate
Depart from an established course
You must not deviate from the agreed route
Deviant
A deviant person or thing
Killers, deviants, and those whose actions are beyond most human comprehension
Deviate
Old-fashioned term for deviant
Deviant
Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.
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Deviate
Old-fashioned term for deviant
Deviant
One that differs from a norm, especially a person whose behavior and attitudes differ from accepted social standards.
Deviate
To turn aside from a course or way
Hikers who deviated from the main path.
Deviant
Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.
At the trial, the extent of his deviant behavior became clear.
Deviate
To depart, as from a norm, purpose, or subject; differ or stray.
Deviant
A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior.
He was branded as a deviant and ostracized.
Deviate
To cause to turn aside or differ.
Deviant
A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.
As the graph shows, the March sales trend is the deviant.
Deviate
A deviant.
Deviant
(Internet) A member of the online art community DeviantArt.
Deviate
(sociology) A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
Deviant
Deviating.
Deviate
(statistics) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
Deviant
Having behavior or characteristics differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviant behavior.
Deviate
(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
Deviant
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Deviate
To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm.
Deviant
Markedly different from an accepted norm;
Aberrent behavior
Deviant ideas
Deviate
(transitive) To cause to diverge.
Deviate
To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take,May boldly deviate from the common track.
Deviate
To cause to deviate.
To deviate a needle.
Deviate
Having behavior differing from that which is normal or expected, especially in an undesirable or socially disapproved manner; as, deviate behavior.
Deviate
A person having behavior differing from that which is normal or socially acceptable; - used especially to characterize persons whose sexual behavior is considered morally unacceptable.
Deviate
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Deviate
Be at variance with; be out of line with
Deviate
Turn aside; turn away from
Deviate
Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course;
The river was deviated to prevent flooding
Deviate
Turn aside
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