Quixotic vs Erratic - What's the difference?
quixotic | erratic | Related terms |
Possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic.
Impulsive.
Like ; romantic to extravagance; absurdly chivalric; apt to be deluded.
unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
Deviating from the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; odd.
(geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
* 2003 , (Bill Bryson), A Short History of Nearly Everything , BCA 2003, p. 372:
Anything that has erratic characteristics.
Quixotic is a related term of erratic.
As adjectives the difference between quixotic and erratic
is that quixotic is possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality; exceedingly idealistic while erratic is unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.As a noun erratic is
(geology) a rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.quixotic
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Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
Although the term is derived from the name of the character Don Quixote, the letters qu and x are both read as is usual for English spelling ().Derived terms
* quixoticallyerratic
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Alternative forms
* erratick, erraticke, erratique (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
- erratic conduct
Derived terms
* erraticallyAntonyms
* consistentNoun
(en noun)- The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic , but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks.
