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Promiscuous vs Fickle - What's the difference?

promiscuous | fickle |

As adjectives the difference between promiscuous and fickle

is that promiscuous is made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition while fickle is quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.

As a verb fickle is

to deceive; flatter.

promiscuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
  • * 1667 , , Book 1, ll. 379-80
    • Came singly where he stood on the bare strand, / While the promiscuous croud stood yet aloof.
  • *
    • they had both been educated on plans at once narrow and promiscuous , first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned condition.
  • Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.
  • indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.
  • (networking) The mode in which a gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also * (made up of various disparate elements) motley

    Derived terms

    * promiscuity * promiscuousness

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    fickle

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) fikil, fikil, from (etyl) {{term, ficol, , fickle, cunning, tricky , deceitful, lang=ang}}, equivalent to . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
  • (figurative) changeable
  • * 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
    • To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) fikelen, from .

    Verb

    (fickl)
  • To deceive; flatter.
  • To puzzle; perplex; nonplus.