different between anomaly vs wandering

English

Etymology

From Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?malía, “irregularity, anomaly”), from ???????? (an?malos, “irregular, uneven”), negating the meaning of ?????? (homalós, “even”), from ???? (homós, “same”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n?m?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??n?m?li/
• Hyphenation: anom?aly

Noun

anomaly (plural anomalies)

1. A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.

   Synonyms: abnormality, deviance, deviation, exception, inconsistency, irregularity, phenomenon

2. Something or someone that is strange or unusual.

3. (sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.

4. (astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
5. (biology) A defect or malformation.
6. (quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
7. (dated) An irregularity or disproportion.

Synonyms

• (deviation from the norm):

Hyponyms

• eccentric anomaly
• flyby anomaly
• mean anomaly
• true anomaly

Derived terms

• anomaloscope
• anomalous
• deuteranomaly

Translations

Further reading

• anomaly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• anomaly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• anomaly at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

wander +? -ing

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?nd????/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?nd????/

Adjective

wandering (not comparable)

1. Which wanders; travelling from place to place.
2. (medicine, of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions.

   a wandering kidney; a wandering liver

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

wandering (plural wanderings)

1. Travelling without preset route; roaming.
2. Irregular turning of the eyes.
3. Aimless thought.
4. Straying from a desired path.
5. (chiefly in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium.

Derived terms

• outwandering

Translations

Verb

wandering

1. present participle of wander

Anagrams

• wardening