The difference between Oddball and Weird

When used as nouns, oddball means an eccentric or unusual person, whereas weird means fate.

When used as adjectives, oddball means exotic, not mainstream, whereas weird means having an unusually strange character or behaviour.


Weird is also verb with the meaning: to destine.

check bellow for the other definitions of Oddball and Weird

  1. Oddball as a noun:

    An eccentric or unusual person.

  2. Oddball as a noun (neuroscience):

    A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.

  1. Oddball as an adjective:

    Exotic, not mainstream.

  1. Weird as an adjective:

    Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

    Examples:

    "There are lots of weird people in this place."

  2. 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."

  3. Weird as an adjective (archaic):

    Of or pertaining to the Fates.

    Examples:

    "maintenance line Can we find and add a quotation to this entry?"

  4. Weird as an adjective (archaic):

    Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.

  5. Weird as an adjective (archaic):

    Of or pertaining to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft, or unearthliness; wild; uncanny.

  6. Weird as an adjective (archaic):

    Having supernatural or preternatural power.

    Examples:

    "There was a weird light shining above the hill."

  1. Weird as a noun (archaic):

    Fate; destiny; luck.

  2. Weird as a noun:

    A prediction.

  3. Weird as a noun (obsolete, Scotland):

    A spell or charm.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"

  4. Weird as a noun:

    That which comes to pass; a fact.

  5. Weird as a noun (archaic, in the plural):

    The Fates (personified).

  1. Weird as a verb (transitive):

    To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.

  2. Weird as a verb (transitive):

    To warn solemnly; adjure.