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Alternating vs Mutable - What's the difference?

alternating | mutable | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between alternating and mutable

is that alternating is that alternates while mutable is changeable; inclined to mutate.

As a verb alternating

is present participle of lang=en.

alternating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that alternates
  • (mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
  • (mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.

    • Derived terms

    * alternating current

    mutable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Changeable; inclined to mutate.
  • (programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.

    • Antonyms

    * immutable

    See also

    * alterable ----