Changeable vs Mercurial - What's the difference?

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Changeable is a related term of mercurial.

As adjectives the difference between changeable and mercurial

is that changeable is capable of being changed while mercurial is (often capitalized, see (mercurial)) pertaining to the planet mercury.

As a noun mercurial is

(obsolete) any of the plants known as mercury.

changeable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Capable of being changed.

Subject to sudden or frequent changes.

The weather is very changeable today; it can be bright sunshine, cloudy, windy and rainy in the same half-hour.

Derived terms

* changeably * changeability

mercurial

English

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Any of the plants known as mercury.

(astrology) Someone born under the influence of Mercury.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(often capitalized, see (Mercurial)) Pertaining to the planet Mercury.

(often capitalized, see (Mercurial)) Pertaining to the Roman god Mercury, the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty..

* J. Q. Adams

the mercurial wand of commerce

(astrology) Born under the influence of the planet Mercury, and having such characteristics.

Of, or pertaining to the element mercury; containing mercury; caused by the action of mercury or quicksilver.

Having a volatile or lively character; quick-witted, changeable, animated.

* 1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury , I:

From the natural Mercurial Briskness of her Temper, a sedentary Life had ever been her Aversion [...].

Derived terms

* mercurial eczema * mercurial glossitis * mercurial ointment * mercurial phosphorus * mercurial pneumatic trough * mercurial rash * mercurial trough * mercurialisation, mercurialization * mercurialise, mercurialize * mercurialism * mercurialist * mercuriality * mercurially * organomercurial