The difference between Strange and Unknown
When used as nouns, strange means vagina, whereas unknown means a variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
When used as adjectives, strange means not normal, whereas unknown means not known.
Strange is also verb with the meaning: to alienate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Strange and Unknown
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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."
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Strange as an adjective:
Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
Examples:
"I moved to a strange town when I was ten."
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Strange as an adjective (physics):
Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
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Strange as an adjective (obsolete):
Belonging to another country; foreign.
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Strange as an adjective (obsolete):
Reserved; distant in deportment.
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Strange as an adjective (obsolete):
Backward; slow.
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Strange as an adjective (obsolete):
Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
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Strange as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To alienate; to estrange.
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Strange as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To be estranged or alienated.
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Strange as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To wonder; to be astonished (at something).
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Strange as a noun (slang, uncountable):
vagina
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Unknown as an adjective (sometimes, _, postpositive):
Not known; unidentified; not well known.
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Unknown as a noun (algebra):
A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
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Unknown as a noun:
Any thing, place, or situation about which nothing is known; an unknown fact or piece of information.
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Unknown as a noun:
A person of no identity; a nonentity
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- everyday vs strange
- normal vs strange
- regular vs strange
- standard vs strange
- strange vs usual
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- strange vs unfamiliar
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- familiar vs strange
- known vs strange
- anonymous vs unknown
- unfamiliar vs unknown
- uncharted vs unknown
- undiscovered vs unknown
- unexplored vs unknown
- unidentified vs unknown
- unknown vs unnamed
- unknown vs unrecognized
- unknown vs unrevealed
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- obscure vs unknown
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- unknown vs well-known
- famous vs unknown
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