deviation vs manner

deviation

noun
  • A departure from the correct way of acting. 

  • A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour. 

  • A detour in a road or railway. 

  • The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road. 

  • The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. 

  • The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts. 

  • For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean. 

  • The signed difference between a value and its reference value. 

  • The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense. 

manner

noun
  • One's customary method of acting; habit. 

  • Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing 

  • The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist. 

  • good, polite behaviour 

  • A certain degree or measure. 

  • Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind. 

  • Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything 

  • Sort; kind; style. 

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