Sporadic vs Fitful - What's the difference?
sporadic | fitful |
Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.
*1605 , Shakespeare, Macbeth ,
*1851 ,
*:The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door [...]
*2012 , The Economist,
*:So fitful has Britain’s economy been that any good news is understandably snatched at.
As adjectives the difference between sporadic and fitful
is that sporadic is rare and scattered in occurrence while fitful is irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.fitful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His breathing was fitful .
- [...] Duncan is in his grave;
- After life's fitful fever he sleeps well;
The economy: Don’t say “green shoots”