exception vs freak

exception

noun
  • That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included. 

  • An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against. 

  • An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred. 

  • An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be raised ("thrown") by one part of the program and handled ("caught") by another part. 

  • The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule. 

freak

noun
  • A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance due to a severe medical condition (originally, a freak of nature); later extended to meaning a person who is extremely abnormal in social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (e.g., "circus freak"); a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way. 

  • A drug addict. 

  • An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something. 

  • A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (117.934 kilos). 

  • A very sexually perverse individual. 

  • A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man. 

  • A fellow; a petulant young man. 

  • A hippie. 

verb
  • To react extremely or irrationally, usually under distress or discomposure. 

  • To be placed or place someone under the influence of a psychedelic drug, (especially) to experience reality withdrawal, or hallucinations (nightmarish), to behave irrational or unconventional due to drug use. 

adj
  • Strange, weird, unexpected. 

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