Shaky vs Unstable - What's the difference?
shaky | unstable | Related terms |
Shaking]] or [[tremble, trembling.
Nervous]]; [[anxious, Anxious.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=April 10
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle
, work=BBC Sport
(of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
* (seeCites2)
Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
Having a strong tendency to change.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Fluctuating; not constant.
Fickle.
Unpredictable.
(chemistry) Readily decomposable.
(physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
Shaky is a related term of unstable.
As adjectives the difference between shaky and unstable
is that shaky is shaking]] or [[tremble|trembling while unstable is having a strong tendency to change.shaky
English
Adjective
(er)- a shaky spot in a marsh
- a shaky hand
- He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky .
citation, page= , passage=Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half. }}
- shaky timber
- a shaky constitution
- shaky business credit
Synonyms
* (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, unsteady, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobblyDerived terms
* shakiness * shakycamunstable
English
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.