The difference between Peculiar and Strange

When used as nouns, peculiar means that which is peculiar, whereas strange means vagina.

When used as adjectives, peculiar means out of the ordinary, whereas strange means not normal.

Strange is also verb with the meaning: to alienate.

check bellow for the other definitions of Peculiar and Strange

  1. Peculiar as an adjective:

    Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.

    Examples:

    "The sky had a peculiar appearance before the storm."

    "It would be rather peculiar to see a kangaroo hopping down a city street."

  2. Peculiar as an adjective:

    Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.

    Examples:

    "Kangaroos are peculiar to Australia."

  3. Peculiar as an adjective (dated):

    One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.

  4. Peculiar as an adjective (dated):

    Particular; individual; special; appropriate.

  1. Peculiar as a noun:

    That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.

  2. Peculiar as a noun (UK, canon law):

    an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated.

  1. Strange as an adjective:

    Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.

    Examples:

    "He thought it strange that his girlfriend wore shorts in the winter."

  2. Strange as an adjective:

    Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.

    Examples:

    "I moved to a strange town when I was ten."

  3. Strange as an adjective (physics):

    Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

  4. Strange as an adjective (obsolete):

    Belonging to another country; foreign.

  5. Strange as an adjective (obsolete):

    Reserved; distant in deportment.

  6. Strange as an adjective (obsolete):

    Backward; slow.

  7. Strange as an adjective (obsolete):

    Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.

  1. Strange as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To alienate; to estrange.

  2. Strange as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To be estranged or alienated.

  3. Strange as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To wonder; to be astonished (at something).

  1. Strange as a noun (slang, uncountable):

    vagina

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