Risky vs Unstable - What's the difference?
risky | unstable | Related terms |
Dangerous, involving risks.
Having a strong tendency to change.
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Fickle.
Unpredictable.
(chemistry) Readily decomposable.
(physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
As adjectives the difference between risky and unstable
is that risky is dangerous, involving risks while unstable is having a strong tendency to change.risky
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Adjective
(er)- Investing in this start-up company could be risky .
Synonyms
* hazardous, dangerous, perilousAntonyms
* riskless, safeunstable
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Adjective
(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.