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>>>>>They pretty much mean the same thing.
>>>>>
>>>>>>What is the difference between:
>>>>>>strange, odd, bizarre, weird?
>>>>
>>>>:-)
>>>>Thanks Craig.
>>>>I know that but today I just start thinking. If there are so many words for just one meaning, maybe there is some difference between them?
>>>>I google "difference between bizarre and weird" and found this:
>>>>
>>>>Strange is strange
>>>>Odd is a little bit stranger than "Strange"
>>>>Bizarre is a little bit stranger than "Odd"
>>>>Weird is "Strangest" :-)
>>>>but not sure if this is right.
>>>
>>>That might be a regional, or even personal preference. My own personal "sort order" on these would be:
>>>
>>>Odd --> least unusual
>>>Strange
>>>Weird
>>>Bizarre --> most unusual
>>
>>Agreed.
>
>Let me add some confusion to the conversation: ) From the thesaurus searching for 'odd'
>atypical, avant-garde, bizarre, character, crazy, curious, deviant, different, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, flaky*, freak*, freakish, freaky, funny, idiosyncratic, irregular, kinky*, kooky, off-the-wall, offbeat, out of the ordinary, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, rare, remarkable, singular, spacey, strange, uncanny, uncommon, unconventional, unique, way out, weird, weirdo*, whimsical
There are a lot of words in the same ballpark. I agreed with Al's order, though. To me there is quite a bit of difference between odd and bizarre.
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