Patchy vs Unstable - What's the difference?
patchy | unstable |
Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
Not constant or continuous; intermittent or uneven .
Having a strong tendency to change.
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, title= Fluctuating; not constant.
Fickle.
Unpredictable.
(chemistry) Readily decomposable.
(physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
As adjectives the difference between patchy and unstable
is that patchy is full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches while unstable is having a strong tendency to change.patchy
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(er)- patchy clouds
unstable
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(en adjective)Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.