Mutable vs Labile - What's the difference?
mutable | labile |
Changeable; inclined to mutate.
(programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Apt or likely to change.
*, II.12:
(chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
As adjectives the difference between mutable and labile
is that mutable is changeable; inclined to mutate while labile is liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.mutable
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(en adjective)Antonyms
* immutableSee also
* alterable ----labile
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(en adjective)- Pythagoras [said] that each thing or matter was ever gliding and labile .
- Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.
- Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.