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Difference between Black sheep and Black swan

black sheepsmb. who is very different from the other people in the group and is considered a bad character:

  • Every privileged class tries at first to whitewash its black sheep.

black swan —(also: white crow) said of a person or thing that is extremely rare:

  • After all, he may not be such a black swan as Aunt Susan makes him out.