Difference between Oddball and Eccentric

What is the difference between Oddball and Eccentric?

Oddball as a noun is an eccentric or unusual person. while Eccentric as a noun is one who does not behave like others.

Oddball

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An eccentric or unusual person.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Exotic, not mainstream, such as an oddball word or an oddball computer program.

Example sentence: I think there's something in the fact that it's hard to be good looking and funny. You have to have an oddball quality; people have to sympathise with you to find you funny.

Eccentric

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not at or in the centre.not perfectly circular.having a different center.of a person, deviating from the norm; behaving unexpectedly or differently.(of a motion) against or in the opposite direction of contraction of a muscle. (E.g. flexion of the lower arm while flexing the tricep; opening of the jaw while flexing the masseter). (Antonym: concentric)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who does not behave like others.A disk or wheel with its axis off centre, giving a reciprocating motion.A kook.

Example sentence: I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song 'Radio Gaga.'

We hope you now know whether to use Oddball or Eccentric in your sentence.

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