The difference between Bent and Queer

When used as nouns, bent means an inclination or talent, whereas queer means a person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.

When used as adjectives, bent means folded, dented, whereas queer means weird, odd or different.

Queer is also adverb with the meaning: queerly.

Queer is also verb with the meaning: to render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bent and Queer

  1. Bent as a verb:

  1. Bent as an adjective (Of something that is usually straight):

    folded, dented

  2. Bent as an adjective (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly, UK):

    Homosexual.

  3. Bent as an adjective:

    Determined or insistent.

    Examples:

    "He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why."

    "They were bent on mischief."

  4. Bent as an adjective:

    (Of a person) leading a life of crime.

  5. Bent as an adjective (slang, football):

    inaccurately aimed

    Examples:

    "That shot was so bent it left the pitch."

  6. Bent as an adjective (colloquial, chiefly, US):

    Suffering from the bends

  7. Bent as an adjective (slang):

    High from both marijuana and alcohol.

    Examples:

    "Man, I am so bent right now!"

  1. Bent as a noun:

    An inclination or talent.

    Examples:

    "He had a natural bent for painting."

  2. Bent as a noun:

    A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.

    Examples:

    "His mind was of a technical bent."

  3. Bent as a noun:

    The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.

    Examples:

    "the bent of a bow"

    "rfquotek Wilkins"

  4. Bent as a noun:

    A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  5. Bent as a noun:

    Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

  6. Bent as a noun (carpentry):

    A transverse frame of a framed structure.

  7. Bent as a noun:

    Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

  1. Bent as a noun:

    Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.

  2. Bent as a noun:

    A grassy area, grassland.

  3. Bent as a noun:

    The old dried stalks of grasses.

  1. Queer as an adjective (dated):

    Weird, odd or different; whimsical.

  2. Queer as an adjective (Britain, informal, dated):

    Slightly unwell (mainly in to feel queer).

  3. Queer as an adjective (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative):

    Homosexual.

  4. Queer as an adjective (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative):

    Not heterosexual: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, etc.

  5. Queer as an adjective (broadly):

    Pertaining to sexual behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual norms, assumptions etc.

  1. Queer as a noun (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative):

    A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.

  2. Queer as a noun (colloquial, sometimes, pejorative):

    A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.

  3. Queer as a noun (definite, with "the", informal, archaic):

    Counterfeit money.

  1. Queer as a verb (transitive):

    To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.

  2. Queer as a verb (UK, dialect, dated):

    To puzzle.

  3. Queer as a verb (slang, dated):

    To ridicule; to banter; to rally.

  4. Queer as a verb (slang, dated):

    To spoil the effect or success of, as by ridicule; to throw a wet blanket on; to spoil.

  5. Queer as a verb (social science):

    To reevaluate or reinterpret (a work) with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.

  1. Queer as an adverb:

    Queerly.

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