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oddity vs eccentricity

eccentricity vs oddity

oddity and eccentricity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
oddity Yes No No No
eccentricity Yes No No No
As nouns, eccentricity is a hypernym of oddity; that is, eccentricity is a word with a broader meaning than oddity:
  • oddity: eccentricity that is not easily explained
  • eccentricity: strange and unconventional behavior
oddity (noun) eccentricity (noun)
something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting strange and unconventional behavior
a strange attitude or habit a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path
eccentricity that is not easily explained (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis
Difference between oddity and eccentricity

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