rare vs strange

rare

adj
  • Very uncommon; scarce. 

  • Thin; of low density. 

  • Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red. 

  • Good; enjoyable. 

noun
  • A scarce or uncommon item. 

verb
  • To rear, bring up, raise. 

  • To rear, rise up, start backwards. 

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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