The difference between Strange and Weird

When used as nouns, strange means vagina, whereas weird means fate.

When used as verbs, strange means to alienate, whereas weird means to destine.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Strange and Weird

  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. 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.

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