Mutable vs Desultory - What's the difference?
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Changeable; inclined to mutate.
(programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence.
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Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject.
Disappointing in performance or progress.
(obsolete) Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.
Mutable is a related term of desultory.
As adjectives the difference between mutable and desultory
is that mutable is changeable; inclined to mutate while desultory is jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence.mutable
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(en adjective)Antonyms
* immutableSee also
* alterable ----desultory
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(en adjective)- To mend the matter, Hamlet's aunt had the family failing of indulging in soliloquy, and held forth in a desultory manner, by herself, on every topic that was introduced.
- He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.
- I teach a class of desultory minds.
- I made a desultory remark while I was talking to my friend.
- She made a desultory attempt at conversation.