The difference between Conventional and Unconventional
When used as nouns, conventional means a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal, whereas unconventional means something or someone that is unconventional.
When used as adjectives, conventional means pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour, whereas unconventional means not adhering to convention or accepted standards.
check bellow for the other definitions of Conventional and Unconventional
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Conventional as an adjective:
Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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Conventional as an adjective:
Ordinary, commonplace.
Examples:
"They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours."
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Conventional as an adjective:
Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd.
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Conventional as a noun (finance):
A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.
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Unconventional as an adjective:
Not adhering to convention or accepted standards
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Unconventional as an adjective:
Out of the ordinary
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Unconventional as an adjective:
Atypical
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Unconventional as a noun:
Something or someone that is unconventional.