Distinctive
Distinctive adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Strange and distinctive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strange" instead an adjective "Distinctive".
Strange
Strange adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.
Distinctive and strange are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distinctive" instead an adjective "Strange".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rare and distinctive
- rare and strange
- idiosyncratic and distinctive
- idiosyncratic and strange
- exceptional and distinctive
- exceptional and strange
- singular and distinctive
- singular and strange
- original and distinctive
- original and strange
- eccentric and distinctive
- eccentric and strange
- remarkable and distinctive
- remarkable and strange
Both words in one sentence
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Obfuscating Stupidity: A strange example: Morty's irregular brainwaves literally obscure the normally-distinctive brain emissions that would otherwise allow the numerous multiversal governing bodies to track the various alternate selves of the mad scientist.
- Digger uses distinctive fonts for characters, resulting in a certain race speaking in strange, scary fonts.
Source: Hell Is That Noise / Web Comics -
Since then, the general trend has been to make gnomes distinctive by making them strange, standing out from their setting because they don't quite fit into it.
Source: Our Gnomes Are Weirder
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