Erratic vs Unsettled - What's the difference?
erratic | unsettled |
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.
Disturbed, upset.
:I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.
Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.
Unpaid.
:We need to settle this bill; even if you think the charge is too high we can't just leave it unsettled .
(unsettle)
As adjectives the difference between erratic and unsettled
is that erratic is unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent while unsettled is disturbed, upset.As a noun erratic
is (geology) a rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.As a verb unsettled is
(unsettle).erratic
English
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.