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Changeable vs Temperamental - What's the difference?

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Changeable is a related term of temperamental.


As adjectives the difference between changeable and temperamental

is that changeable is capable of being changed while temperamental is (notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament.

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

    temperamental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament
  • subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.
  • Derived terms

    * temperamentally