The difference between Eerie and Weird
When used as adjectives, eerie means strange, weird, fear-inspiring, whereas weird means having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
Weird is also noun with the meaning: fate.
Weird is also verb with the meaning: to destine.
check bellow for the other definitions of Eerie and Weird
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Eerie as an adjective:
strange, weird, fear-inspiring.
Examples:
"synonyms: creepy spooky"
"The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight."
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Eerie as an adjective (Scotland):
frightened, timid.
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Weird as an adjective:
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
Examples:
"There are lots of weird people in this place."
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Weird as an adjective:
Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
Examples:
"It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day."
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Weird as an adjective (archaic):
Of or pertaining to the Fates.
Examples:
"maintenance line Can we find and add a quotation to this entry?"
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Weird as an adjective (archaic):
Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.
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Weird as an adjective (archaic):
Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.
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Weird as an adjective (archaic):
Having supernatural or preternatural power.
Examples:
"There was a weird light shining above the hill."
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Weird as a noun (archaic):
Fate; destiny; luck.
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Weird as a noun:
A prediction.
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Weird as a noun (obsolete, Scotland):
A spell or charm.
Examples:
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Weird as a noun:
That which comes to pass; a fact.
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Weird as a noun (archaic, in the plural):
The Fates (personified).
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Weird as a verb (transitive):
To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.
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Weird as a verb (transitive):
To warn solemnly; adjure.