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Changeable vs Protean - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between changeable and protean

is that changeable is capable of being changed while protean is exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.

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

    protean

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.
    • An amoeba is a protean animalcule.
    His plots and protean characters plunge readers into the world of fable, yet their universal appeal, as this biography shows, is deeply rooted in the particularity of Garcia Marquez’s own idiosyncratic early life...
  • * :
    • He loved to show off his protean talent.
  • Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus.

    • See also

    * Protea * shapeshifting

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    * * * English eponyms English words suffixed with -an