different between strangeness vs queerness

English

Etymology

From strange +? -ness.

Noun

strangeness (usually uncountable, plural strangenesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.

   Synonyms: oddity, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness

2. (countable) The product or result of being strange.
3. (particle physics) One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.

   Coordinate term: charm

Related terms

• strange
• stranger
• strangely

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Further reading

• strangeness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From queer +? -ness.

Noun

queerness (countable and uncountable, plural queernesses)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being queer or odd.
2. (countable) Something queer; an oddity.
3. (uncountable) The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.

Synonyms

• (all): queerhood
• (state of being odd): abnormality, oddness, weirdness; see also Thesaurus:strangeness
• (an oddity): deviance, irregularity, outlier; see also Thesaurus:anomaly
• (state of not conforming to sexual norms): nonheterosexuality

Hyponyms

• (state of not conforming to sexual norms): gayness, homosexuality

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