strangeness vs strange

strangeness is a noun but strange is not a noun.

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

strangeness (noun)	strange (noun)
unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
the quality of being alien or not native
(physics) one of the six flavors of quark, the third lightest of all quarks

strangeness (adjective)	strange (adjective)
	being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
	relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
	not known before