Erratic vs Frantic - What's the difference?
erratic | frantic |
unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
Deviating from the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; odd.
(geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
* 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA 2003, p. 372:
Anything that has erratic characteristics.
Insane, mentally unstable.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
Extremely energetic
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As adjectives the difference between erratic and frantic
is that erratic is unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent while frantic is insane, mentally unstable.As a noun erratic
is a rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.erratic
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Alternative forms
* erratick, erraticke, erratique (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
- erratic conduct
Derived terms
* erraticallyAntonyms
* consistentNoun
(en noun)- The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic , but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks.
Anagrams
*frantic
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Alternative forms
* frantick (obsolete) * phrantic (chiefly obsolete) * phrantick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke : and ys sore vexed.
- They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
- frantic music
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