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Mutable vs Reversible - What's the difference?

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Mutable is a related term of reversible.


As adjectives the difference between mutable and reversible

is that mutable is changeable; inclined to mutate while reversible is reversible (capable of being reversed or inverted).

mutable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Changeable; inclined to mutate.
  • (programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.

    • Antonyms

    * immutable

    See also

    * alterable ----

    reversible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • able to be reversed
  • (of clothing) able to be worn inside out
  • (chemistry) (of a chemical reaction ) capable of proceeding in either direction
  • (physics) (of a phase change ) capable of returning to the original state
  • (thermodynamics) capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy

    • Antonyms

    * irreversible

    Derived terms

    * reversibility