Aberrant vs. Anomaly

Aberrant vs. Anomaly — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Aberrant and Anomaly

Aberrantadjective

Differing from the norm.

Anomalynoun

A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

Aberrantadjective

Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.

Anomalynoun

Something or someone that is strange or unusual.

He is an anomaly among his friends.

Aberrantadjective

Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.

Anomalynoun

(science) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.

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Aberrantnoun

A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.

Anomalynoun

(astronomy) Any of various angular distances.

Aberrantnoun

(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Anomalynoun

(biology) A defect or malformation.

Aberrantnoun

one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group

Anomalynoun

(quantum physics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.

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Aberrantadjective

markedly different from an accepted norm;

aberrent behaviordeviant ideas

Anomalynoun

(dated) An irregularity or disproportion.

Anomalynoun

deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

Anomalynoun

a person who is unusual

Anomalynoun

(astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)