odd vs strange

odd

adj
  • Peculiar, singular and strange in looks or character; eccentric, bizarre. 

  • About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number). 

  • Scattered; occasional, infrequent; not forming part of a set or pattern. 

  • Used or employed for odd jobs. 

  • Left over or remaining (as a small amount) after counting, payment, etc. 

  • Numbered with an odd number. 

  • Without a corresponding mate in a pair or set; unmatched; (of a pair or set) mismatched. 

  • Not regular or planned. 

  • Differing from what is usual, ordinary or expected. 

  • Left over, remaining after the rest have been paired or grouped. 

  • On the left. 

  • Out of the way, secluded. 

  • Numerically indivisible by two. 

noun
  • An odd number. 

  • Something left over, not forming part of a set. 

strange

adj
  • Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary. 

  • Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar. 

  • Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness. 

  • Not belonging to one. 

  • Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience. 

  • Of an attractor: having a fractal structure. 

noun
  • Sex outside of one's current relationship. 

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