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Insecurity vs Instability - What's the difference?

insecurity | instability | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between insecurity and instability

is that insecurity is a lack of security, uncertainty while instability is the quality of being unstable.

insecurity

English

Noun

(insecurities)
  • A lack of security, uncertainty
  • The state of being subject to danger; vulnerability
  • Synonyms

    * insecureness

    Antonyms

    * security

    instability

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia instability)
  • (uncountable) The quality of being unstable.
  • (physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.
  • Synonyms

    * volatility

    See also

    * disequilibrium