abnormality vs deviation

deviation vs abnormality

abnormality and deviation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
abnormality	Yes	No	No	No
deviation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, deviation is a hyponym of abnormality; that is, deviation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than abnormality:

abnormality: behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
deviation: deviate behavior

Other hyponyms of abnormality include deviance.

abnormality (noun)	deviation (noun)
behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality	deviate behavior
marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal	a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence	the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies	the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
	a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

Difference between abnormality and deviation

Words related to "abnormality"

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