Fluctuate vs Flunk - What's the difference?
fluctuate | flunk |
To vary irregularly; to swing.
To undulate.
To cause to vary irregularly.
(US, ambitransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
(US) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
(US, dated, informal) To shirk (a task or duty).
To back out through fear.
As verbs the difference between fluctuate and flunk
is that fluctuate is to vary irregularly; to swing while flunk is (us|ambitransitive) of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.fluctuate
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(en-verb)flunk
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(en verb)- He flunked math, again.
- Unsatisfied with Fred's progress, the teacher flunked him.