Fungible vs Variable - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between fungible and variable

is that fungible is (chiefly|in the plural) any fungible item while variable is variable.

As an adjective fungible

is (finance|and|commerce) able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility; interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.

fungible

English

(Fungibility)

Adjective

(en adjective)

(finance, and, commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility; interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.

* 1876 [1877], , Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption , page 116:

Gold is fungible'. Silver is ' fungible ; that is, these metals are both so homogeneous that, if I get a pound of pure gold, for example, it is indifferent to me whether it be this pound or that pound, one is as good as another

* 2011 , Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, London Review of Books , XXXIII.9:

At the core of Kasarda’s conception of the aerotropolis lies the notion that space – unlike time – is fungible .

Derived terms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)

(chiefly, in the plural) Any fungible item.

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variable

English

(wikipedia variable)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Able to vary.

variable''' winds or seasons; a '''variable quantity

Likely to vary.

* Shakespeare

Lest that thy love prove likewise variable .

Marked by diversity or difference.

(mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.

(biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

Synonyms

* (able to vary) alterable, flexible, changeable, mutable * (likely to vary) fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, shifting, unstable, unsteady * (marked by diversity or difference) varying * aberrant

Antonyms

* (able to vary) constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable * (likely to vary) constant, invariable, immutable, unchangeable * (marked by diversity or difference) unchanging * constant, invariable

Derived terms

* variability * variableness

Noun

(en noun)

Something that is .

Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

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(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.

(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.

(astronomy) A variable star.

(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

(nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Synonyms

* (something that is variable) changeable * (something whose value may be dictated or discovered) parameter * variable quantity

Antonyms

* (something that is variable) constant, invariable

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* bound variable * categorical variable * continuous variable * dependent variable * discrete variable * flow variable * free variable * global variable * independent variable * instance variable * interval variable * local variable * member variable * metasyntactic variable * nominal variable * ordinal variable * ratio variable * stock variable * variable star * variably * vary

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