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

  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

  1. 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."