Unstable vs Eldritch - What's the difference?
unstable | eldritch |
Having a strong tendency to change.
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, title= Fluctuating; not constant.
Fickle.
Unpredictable.
(chemistry) Readily decomposable.
(physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
unearthly, alien, supernatural, weird, spooky, eerie
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As adjectives the difference between unstable and eldritch
is that unstable is having a strong tendency to change while eldritch is unearthly, alien, supernatural, weird, spooky, eerie.unstable
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.
Synonyms
* instable (rare) * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unsteady, wobblyAntonyms
* stableAnagrams
*eldritch
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Alternative forms
* eldrich, elrich, elritchAdjective
(en adjective)- So Maggie runs, the witches follow,
Wi' mony an eldritch skriech and hollo.
- Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent.
- Between the new case, the Outfit hitter, and challenge, I wanted to make damn sure that I wasn't gonna get caught with my eldritch britches down again.