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whatnot vs oddity

oddity vs whatnot

whatnot and oddity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
whatnot Yes No No No
oddity Yes No No No
As nouns, oddity is a hypernym of whatnot; that is, oddity is a word with a broader meaning than whatnot:
  • whatnot: miscellaneous curios
  • oddity: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Other hypernyms of whatnot include curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity.
whatnot (noun) oddity (noun)
miscellaneous curios something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
a strange attitude or habit
eccentricity that is not easily explained
Difference between whatnot and oddity

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