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Erratic vs Unsettled - What's the difference?

erratic | unsettled |

As adjectives the difference between erratic and unsettled

is that erratic is unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent while unsettled is disturbed, upset.

As a noun erratic

is (geology) a rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.

As a verb unsettled is

(unsettle).

erratic

English

Alternative forms

* erratick, erraticke, erratique (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
  • Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
  • Deviating from the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; odd.
  • erratic conduct

    Derived terms

    * erratically

    Antonyms

    * consistent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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:
  • 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.
  • Anything that has erratic characteristics.
  • Anagrams

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    unsettled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disturbed, upset.
  • :I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.
  • Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
  • Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.
  • Unpaid.
  • :We need to settle this bill; even if you think the charge is too high we can't just leave it unsettled .
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (unsettle)