Intermittent vs Fluctuating - What's the difference?
intermittent | fluctuating |
Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant
(specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
As an adjective intermittent
is stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant.As a noun intermittent
is (medicine|dated) an intermittent fever or disease.As a verb fluctuating is
.intermittent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.
- Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.
- The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.