Indeterminate vs Uncertainty - What's the difference?
indeterminate | uncertainty |
Not accurately determined or determinable.
Imprecise or vague.
(biology) Of growth: with no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
(botany) Of inflorescences: not topped with some form of terminal bud.
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(uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty , then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.}}
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, title= (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
(uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
As an adjective indeterminate
is not accurately determined or determinable.As a noun uncertainty is
(uncountable) doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.indeterminate
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* indeterminantAntonyms
* determinateuncertainty
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Noun
Tottenham 1-2 Norwich, passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}