Normal vs. Strange — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Normal and Strange
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Normal
Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical
Normal room temperature.
One's normal weight.
Normal diplomatic relations.
Strange
Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain
Children have some strange ideas
It is strange how things change
He's a very strange man
Normal
(Biology) Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies.
Strange
Not previously visited, seen, or encountered; unfamiliar or alien
A harsh accent that was strange to his ears
She was lost in a strange country
Normal
Relating to or designating the normality of a solution.
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Strange
(of a subatomic particle) having a non-zero value for strangeness.
Normal
Abbr. n Designating an aliphatic hydrocarbon having an acyclic unbranched chain of carbon atoms.
Strange
Not previously known; unfamiliar
Saw lots of strange faces at the reception.
Heard music that was strange to me.
Normal
Being at right angles; perpendicular.
Strange
Not of one's own or a particular locality, environment, or kind; not native
Came across a flower that was strange to the region.
Normal
Perpendicular to the direction of a tangent line to a curve or a tangent plane to a surface.
Strange
Out of the ordinary or difficult to account for; unusual or peculiar
Events took a strange twist last week.
Normal
Relating to or characterized by average intelligence or development.
Strange
Reserved in manner; distant or cool
The once affable man slowly became strange to his friends.
Normal
Free from mental illness; sane.
Strange
Not comfortable or at ease
I felt strange and out of place at the party because I didn't know any of the guests.
Normal
The usual, expected, or standard state, form, amount, or degree
Temperatures have been above normal for this time of year.
Strange
Not accustomed or conditioned
She was strange to her new duties.
Normal
(Mathematics) A perpendicular, especially a perpendicular to a line tangent to a plane curve or to a plane tangent to a space curve.
Strange
(Physics) Of, relating to, or exhibiting strangeness.
Normal
According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
Organize the data into third normal form.
Strange
In a strange manner
He's been acting strange lately.
Normal
(mathematics) Adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context:
Strange
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter.
Normal
Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
John is feeling normal again.
Strange
Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
I moved to a strange town when I was ten.
Normal
Teaching teachers how to teach to certain norms
My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School.
Strange
Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
Normal
(chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
Strange
(particle physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
Normal
(organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
Strange
(math) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
Normal
In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency normal mode]].
Strange
(obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.
Normal
In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
Strange
(obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.
Normal
(geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface.
The interior normal vector of an ideal perfect sphere will always point toward the center, and the exterior normal vector directly away, and both will always be co-linear with the ray whose' tip ends at the point of intersection, which is the intersection of all three sets of points.
Strange
(obsolete) Backward; slow.
Normal
(geometry) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
Strange
(obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
Normal
A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
Strange
(legal) Not belonging to one.
Normal
A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
Strange
To alienate; to estrange.
Normal
The usual state.
His workload is now back to normal.
Heavy workload is the new normal.
Strange
To be estranged or alienated.
Normal
According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical.
Deviations from the normal type.
Strange
To wonder; to be astonished at (something).
Normal
According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle; as, a line normal to the base. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal.
Strange
Sex outside of one's current relationship.
Normal
Standard; original; exact; typical.
Strange
Belonging to another country; foreign.
One of the strange queen's lords.
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues.
Normal
Any perpendicular.
Strange
Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
So she, impatient her own faults to see,Turns from herself, and in strange things delights.
Normal
A straight line or plane drawn from any point of a curve or surface so as to be perpendicular to the curve or surface at that point.
Strange
Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.
Normal
Something regarded as a normative example;
The convention of not naming the main character
Violence is the rule not the exception
His formula for impressing visitors
Strange
Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer.
Sated at length, erelong I might perceiveStrange alteration in me.
Normal
Conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal;
Serve wine at normal room temperature
Normal diplomatic relations
Normal working hours
Normal word order
Normal curiosity
The normal course of events
Strange
Reserved; distant in deportment.
She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee.
Normal
In accordance with scientific laws
Strange
Backward; slow.
Who, loving the effect, would not be strangeIn favoring the cause.
Normal
Being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development;
A perfectly normal child
Of normal intelligence
The most normal person I've ever met
Strange
Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange.
Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snowHigh on the Alps, or in deep caves below.
Normal
Forming a right angle
Strange
Strangely.
Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak.
Strange
To alienate; to estrange.
Strange
To be estranged or alienated.
Strange
To wonder; to be astonished.
Strange
Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird;
A strange exaltation that was indefinable
A strange fantastical mind
What a strange sense of humor she has
Strange
Not known before;
Used many strange words
Saw many strange faces in the crowd
Don't let anyone unknown into the house
Strange
Not at ease or comfortable;
Felt strange among so many important people
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