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Unbalance vs Unsteady - What's the difference?

unbalance | unsteady |

As verbs the difference between unbalance and unsteady

is that unbalance is to cause to be out of balance while unsteady is to render unsteady, removing balance.

As an adjective unsteady is

not held firmly in position, physically unstable.

unbalance

English

Verb

  • to cause to be out of balance
  • :If you put that weight on the edge of the tray, it will unbalance it and dump all of the dishes on the floor.

    • unsteady

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
  • :
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  • *:"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day:"
  • Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity.
  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.

    • Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    Antonyms

    * steady

    Verb

  • To render unsteady, removing balance.