grotesque vs strange

grotesque is a noun but strange is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grotesque	Yes	Yes	No	No
strange	No	Yes	No	No

grotesque (noun)	strange (noun)
art characterized by an incongruous mixture of parts of humans and animals interwoven with plants

grotesque (adjective)	strange (adjective)
ludicrously odd	being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous	relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
	not known before