The difference between Strange and Usual
When used as adjectives, strange means not normal, whereas usual means most commonly occurring.
Strange is also noun with the meaning: vagina.
Strange is also verb with the meaning: to alienate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Strange and Usual
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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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Usual as an adjective:
Most commonly occurring; typical.
Examples:
"The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China."
"It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual."
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
- everyday vs strange
- normal vs strange
- regular vs strange
- standard vs strange
- strange vs usual
- strange vs unsurprising
- new vs strange
- strange vs unfamiliar
- strange vs unknown
- familiar vs strange
- known vs strange
- usual vs wonted
- normal vs usual
- common vs usual
- standard vs usual
- regular vs usual
- ordinary vs usual
- plain vs usual
- simple vs usual
- typical vs usual
- unusual vs usual
- abnormal vs usual
- atypical vs usual