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Durable vs Hectic - What's the difference?

durable | hectic |

As adjectives the difference between durable and hectic

is that durable is able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring while hectic is pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.

As nouns the difference between durable and hectic

is that durable is a durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year while hectic is a hectic fever.

durable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.
  • Synonyms

    * permanent

    Antonyms

    * weak * vulnerable * transitory

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (economics) A durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
  • *
  • Antonyms

    * nondurable ----

    hectic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hectick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.
  • hectic''' fever; a '''hectic patient
  • Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.
  • The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds

    Synonyms

    * feverish

    Derived terms

    * hectically

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hectic fever.
  • (obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.147:
  • For still he lay, and on his thin worn cheek / A purple hectic played like dying day / On the snow-tops of distant hills [...].