Volatility vs Fluctuation - What's the difference?
volatility | fluctuation |
The state of being volatile
# The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily
# (computing) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power
# The state of being able to fly
# The state of being unpredictable
# (Financial markets'', ''countable , plural volatilities ) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product
A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
A wavering; unsteadiness.
In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.
As nouns the difference between volatility and fluctuation
is that volatility is the state of being volatile while fluctuation is a motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.volatility
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(wikipedia volatility) (-)fluctuation
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(en noun)- the fluctuations of the sea
- fluctuations of opinion
- fluctuations of prices