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Outgoing vs Volatile - What's the difference?

outgoing | volatile |

As adjectives the difference between outgoing and volatile

is that outgoing is comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious while volatile is (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.

As a noun outgoing

is the act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.

As a verb outgoing

is .

outgoing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Comfortable in social settings and interactions; confident in dealing with people especially in meeting new people; gregarious.
    • Tom is very outgoing and enjoys meeting people; his brother, on the other hand, is painfully shy.
  • * 2003 , Bernardo J. Carducci, Lisa Kaiser, The Shyness Breakthrough , page 124,
    • Quieter parents, who prefer a less stimulating lifestyle, may be baffled and challenged by these same outgoing kids.
  • * 1996 , Stanley I. Greenspan, Jacqueline Salmon, The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five “Difficult” Types of Children , page 308,
    • The outgoing former leader may have difficulty slowing down, being reflective, and studying and may be insensitive in a close relationship.
  • * 2006 , Direct Selling Women's Alliance, More Build It Big: 101 Insider Secrets from Top Direct Selling Experts , page 264,
    • Think of it this way: Some people are more outgoing , while others are more reserved.
  • * 2010 , Ruth Ames, This Totally Bites! , back cover,
    • Twelve-year-old Emma-Rose Paley has always felt very different from her bubbly, outgoing parents.
  • (not comparable) Going out, on its way out.
    • Is there any outgoing post?
  • * 1917 August 27, ,
    • In the neighborhood of each defensive sea area the following entrances are designated for incoming and outgoing' vessels: ''Atlantic''. Designated entrance for outgoing vessels: Canal prism.
  • * 1922 , ', Volume I, Part III,
    • There is struggle for food, accentuated by the fact that small items tend to be swept away by the outgoing tide or to sink down the slope to deep water.
  • * 1946 , , Chapter 26,
    • By KRIYA, the outgoing life force is not wasted and abused in the senses, but constrained to reunite with subtler spinal energies.
  • (not comparable) Being replaced in office (while still in office but after election has determined that he/she will be replaced).
    • The outgoing politician wasn't too disappointed he'd lost the election; he was tired of political infighting.
  • * 1893 , ,
    • that, by an arrangement between the outgoing' and incoming marshal, the latter was to have the fees earned upon all writs in the hands of the deputies of the former at the date the office changed hands. It further appeared that the ' outgoing marshal made no claim to these fees.
  • * 1957 , ,
    • The outgoing Board of Governors shall designate for membership on the Board the ten members most advanced in the technology of atomic energy including the production of source materials,
  • * 1998 , ,
    • As of this day too, the Seventh Development Cabinet is outgoing and to the ministers I express my thanks.

    Antonyms

    * incoming

    Derived terms

    * outgoingly * outgoingness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of leaving or going out; exit, departure.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxv. 8
    • the outgoings of the morning and evening
  • * Jonathan Edwards
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Money that leaves one's possession; expenditure, outlay, expense
  • The extreme limit; the place of ending.
  • * Bible, Josh, xviii. 19
    • The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan.

    Synonyms

    * outgang

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    volatile

    English

    (wikipedia volatile)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
  • (of a substance, informal) explosive.
  • (of a price etc) variable or erratic.
  • (of a person) quick to become angry or violent.
  • fickle.
  • temporary or ephemeral.
  • (of a situation) potentially violent.
  • (computing, of a variable) having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
  • (computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
  • (obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * volatility * volatile memory