Alterable vs Unstable - What's the difference?
alterable | unstable | Related terms |
Having a strong tendency to change.
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, title= Fluctuating; not constant.
Fickle.
Unpredictable.
(chemistry) Readily decomposable.
(physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
Alterable is a related term of unstable.
As adjectives the difference between alterable and unstable
is that alterable is alterable while unstable is having a strong tendency to change.unstable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.