The difference between Odd and Ridiculous
When used as adjectives, odd means single, whereas ridiculous means deserving of ridicule.
Odd is also noun with the meaning: an .
check bellow for the other definitions of Odd and Ridiculous
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Odd as an adjective (not comparable):
Single; sole; singular; not having a mate.
Examples:
"Optimistically, he had a corner of a drawer for odd socks."
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Odd as an adjective (obsolete):
Singular in excellence; unique; sole; matchless; peerless; famous.
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Odd as an adjective:
Singular in looks or character; peculiar; eccentric.
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Odd as an adjective:
Strange, unusual.
Examples:
"She slept in, which was very odd."
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Odd as an adjective (not comparable):
Occasional; infrequent.
Examples:
"but for the odd exception"
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Odd as an adjective (not comparable):
Left over, remaining when the rest have been grouped.
Examples:
"I'm the odd one out."
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Odd as an adjective (not comparable):
Casual, irregular, not planned.
Examples:
"He's only worked odd jobs."
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Odd as an adjective (not comparable, in combination with a number):
About, approximately.
Examples:
"There were thirty-odd people in the room."
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Odd as an adjective (not comparable):
Indivisible by two; not even.
Examples:
"The product of odd numbers is also odd."
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Odd as an adjective:
Sporadic; scattered in frequency; occurring randomly
Examples:
"I don't speak Latin well, so in hearing a dissertation in Latin, I would only be able to make out the odd word of it."
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Odd as an adjective (sports):
On the left.
Examples:
"He served from the odd court. "
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Odd as a noun (mathematics, diminutive):
An .
Examples:
"So let's see. There are two evens here and three odds."
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Odd as a noun (colloquial):
Something left over, not forming part of a set.
Examples:
"I've got three complete sets of these [[trading card]]s for sale, plus a few dozen odds."
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Ridiculous as an adjective:
Deserving of ridicule; foolish; absurd.
Examples:
"That hairstyle looks ridiculous."
"It's ridiculous to charge so much for a little souvenir."
"You make ridiculous statements a lot, like saying that UFOs are real."
Compare words:
Compare with synonyms and related words:
- odd vs single
- mismatched vs odd
- bizarre vs odd
- odd vs peculiar
- odd vs queer
- odd vs rum
- odd vs strange
- odd vs uncommon
- odd vs unusual
- odd vs weird
- fremd vs odd
- common vs odd
- familiar vs odd
- mediocre vs odd
- about vs odd
- approximately vs odd
- around vs odd
- even vs odd
- ridiculous vs silly
- ridiculous vs willy nilly
- frivolous vs ridiculous
- goofy vs ridiculous
- funny vs ridiculous
- humorous vs ridiculous
- absurd vs ridiculous
- odd vs ridiculous
- ridiculous vs surreal
- ridiculous vs unreasonable
- ridiculous vs straightforward
- ridiculous vs serious
- ridiculous vs somber
- ridiculous vs solemn