The difference between Normal and Reverse

When used as nouns, normal means a line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane, whereas reverse means the opposite of something.

When used as adjectives, normal means according to norms or rules, whereas reverse means opposite, contrary.

Reverse is also adverb with the meaning: in a reverse way or direction.

Reverse is also verb with the meaning: to turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.

check bellow for the other definitions of Normal and Reverse

  1. Normal as an adjective:

    according to norms or rules

    Examples:

    "Organize the data into third normal form."

  2. Normal as an adjective:

    healthy; not sick or ill

    Examples:

    "John is feeling normal again."

  3. Normal as an adjective (education, of a school):

    teaching teachers how to teach

    Examples:

    "My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School."

  4. Normal as an adjective (chemistry):

    of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution

  5. Normal as an adjective (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

  6. Normal as an adjective (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system):

    in which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency

  7. Normal as an adjective (rail transport, of points):

    in the default position, set for the most frequently used route

  8. Normal as an adjective (geometry):

    perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface

  9. Normal as an adjective (mathematics):

    adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context: whose digits, in any base representation, enjoy a uniform distribution with cosets which form a group which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution which has a normal distribution; which is associated with random variable that has a normal distribution which is pre-compact which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology which commutes with its conjugate transpose which commutes with its adjoint being (as a morphism) or containing (as a category) only normal epimorphism(s) or monomorphism(s), that is, those which are the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively in which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods

  1. Normal as a noun (geometry):

    a line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.

  2. Normal as a noun (slang, countable):

    a person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.

  3. Normal as a noun (uncountable):

    the usual state.

    Examples:

    "His workload is now back to normal."

    "Heavy workload is the new normal."

  1. Reverse as an adjective:

    Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.

    Examples:

    "We ate the meal in reverse order, starting with dessert and ending with the starter."

    "The mirror showed us a reverse view of the scene."

  2. Reverse as an adjective:

    Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.

    Examples:

    "He selected reverse gear."

  3. Reverse as an adjective (rail transport, of points):

    To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

  4. Reverse as an adjective:

    Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

  5. Reverse as an adjective (botany):

    Reversed.

    Examples:

    "a reverse shell"

  6. Reverse as an adjective (genetics):

    In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

  1. Reverse as an adverb (now, _, rare):

    In a reverse way or direction; upside-down.

  1. Reverse as a noun:

    The opposite of something.

    Examples:

    "We believed the Chinese weren't ready for us. In fact, the reverse was true."

  2. Reverse as a noun:

    The act of going backwards; a reversal.

  3. Reverse as a noun:

    A piece of misfortune; a setback.

  4. Reverse as a noun:

    The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

  5. Reverse as a noun:

    The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.

  6. Reverse as a noun:

    The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.

  7. Reverse as a noun:

    A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  8. Reverse as a noun (surgery):

    A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

  1. Reverse as a verb (intransitive):

    To turn something around such that it faces in the opposite direction.

  2. Reverse as a verb (intransitive):

    To turn something inside out or upside down.

  3. Reverse as a verb (intransitive):

    To transpose the positions of two things.

  4. Reverse as a verb (transitive):

    To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

  5. Reverse as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To return, come back.

  6. Reverse as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To turn away; to cause to depart.

  7. Reverse as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To cause to return; to recall.

  8. Reverse as a verb (legal):

    To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.

    Examples:

    "to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree"

  9. Reverse as a verb (ergative):

    To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.

  10. Reverse as a verb (chemistry):

    To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.

  11. Reverse as a verb (rail transport, transitive):

    To place a set of points in the reverse position

  12. Reverse as a verb (rail transport, intransitive, of points):

    to move from the normal position to the reverse position

  13. Reverse as a verb:

    To overthrow; to subvert.

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