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Apoplectic vs Static - What's the difference?

apoplectic | static |

As adjectives the difference between apoplectic and static

is that apoplectic is of, or relating to apoplexy while static is unchanging; that cannot or does not change.

As a noun static is

interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

apoplectic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, or relating to apoplexy.
  • Marked by extreme anger or fury.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=13 March , author=Chris Bevan , title=Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break. }}
  • (archaic) Effused with blood.

    • Quotations

    * 1960 — , To Kill a Mockingbird , ch 11 *: Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic . * 2005 — (author?), The New Yorker , (page?) (12 Dec) *: "Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval."

    Related terms

    * apoplexy

    static

    English

    Alternative forms

    * statick

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
  • Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
  • *
  • (programming) Occupying fixed memory, allocated when a program is loaded.

    • Synonyms

    * stable * (Having no motion) still

    Antonyms

    * (Unchanging) dynamic * (Having no motion) dynamic, kinetic, mobile * (computing) dynamic

    Derived terms

    * hydrostatic * statical * staticity

    Related terms

    * stasis

    Noun

    (-)
  • Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
  • (by extension) Interference or obstruction from people.
  • Something that is not part of any perceived universe phenomena; having no motion; no particle; no wavelength.
  • Static electricity.

    • Related terms

    * statics

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