Difference between Strange and Queer

What is the difference between Strange and Queer?

Strange as an adjective is not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary. while Queer as an adjective is (somewhat old-fashioned) weird, odd or different.

Strange

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary. Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience. Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.

Example sentence: People fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend.

Queer

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: (somewhat old-fashioned) weird, odd or different.(somewhat old-fashioned) slightly unwell (mainly in to feel queer).homosexual.having to do with homosexuality, bisexuality, transgenderism etc.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who is or appears homosexual, or who has homosexual qualities.A person of atypical sexuality or sexual identity.General term of abuse, casting aspersions on target's sexuality; compare .

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: queerly

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To render an endeavor or agreement ineffective or null.To reevaluate or reinterpret a work with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.

Example sentence: That's what I wanted 'Pirate Jenny' to be: a queer, revolutionary fairy tale for the people that I love.

We hope you now know whether to use Strange or Queer in your sentence.

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