What does it mean when a guy tells you that you’re different and you standout??

So I get this a lot! Especially now that I’m getting older (I’m 21)! When I was younger, not so much! Because people took me being different as a bad thing and then I thought I was weird af! But the truth is I’m myself! I dress how I want and I’m comfortable in my own skin. I dress normally btw, not wacky or crazy etc! I just dress with a ‘high fashion’ style like vogue blah blah blah, that’s what I’ve been told and most people I’ve come across are sheep and think alike! It drives me CRAZYY!! So anyways an acquaintance of mine told me once that he thought that I stand out and that I’m different and that is the highest compliment that he could ever give someone??? Talk about flattery!! That took me by surprise tbh! Another guy messaged me and said that ‘there’s just something about me‘ and that I’m unique.

Like I always get even from girls and boys  that I stand out, that I’m different and unique! I cannot see it! I’ve always thought that I’m like everyone else. It’s like people can smell that I’m not like them and I can’t hide it! Why is that? Why am I so different! What does that even mean?