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Unstable vs Disconnected - What's the difference?

unstable | disconnected |

As adjectives the difference between unstable and disconnected

is that unstable is having a strong tendency to change while disconnected is that is no longer connected.

As a verb disconnected is

(disconnect).

unstable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a strong tendency to change.
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  • Fluctuating; not constant.
  • Fickle.
  • Unpredictable.
  • (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
  • (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.

    • Synonyms

    * instable (rare) * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unsteady, wobbly

    Antonyms

    * stable

    Related terms

    * instability * unstability (rare)

    Anagrams

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    disconnected

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disconnect)
    • The phone company disconnected my DSL.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That is no longer connected.
    • There's no use trying to make a call on the disconnected phone.
  • Feeling a lack of empathy or association with something.
    • I just feel so disconnected from people living on the other side of the world.
  • (mathematics, of a topological space) That can be partitioned into two nonempty subsets which are both open and closed.

    • Antonyms

    * connected

    Derived terms

    * disconnectedly * disconnectedness