Difference between Subnormal and Abnormal

What is the difference between Subnormal and Abnormal?

Subnormal as an adjective is less than normal. while Abnormal as an adjective is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.

Subnormal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Less than normal.

Abnormal

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person or object that is not normal.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.Of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.

Example sentence: You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere.

We hope you now know whether to use Subnormal or Abnormal in your sentence.

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