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Volatile vs Convertible - What's the difference?

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Volatile is a related term of convertible.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between volatile and convertible

is that volatile is (obsolete) passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly while convertible is (obsolete) capable of being turned or rotated.

As adjectives the difference between volatile and convertible

is that volatile is (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions while convertible is able to be converted.

As a noun convertible is

a car whose roof can be removed or folded.

volatile

English

(wikipedia volatile)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
  • (of a substance, informal) explosive.
  • (of a price etc) variable or erratic.
  • (of a person) quick to become angry or violent.
  • fickle.
  • temporary or ephemeral.
  • (of a situation) potentially violent.
  • (computing, of a variable) having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
  • (computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
  • (obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * volatility * volatile memory

    convertible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be converted
  • (obsolete) Capable of being turned or rotated
  • * 1635 , Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
    • The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
  • Capable of being exchanged or interchanged, reciprocal, interchangeable
  • * 1843 , '', book 3, ch. VI, ''Two Centuries
    • As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.
  • (finance) Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually common stock, at the holder's option

    • Antonyms

    * inconvertible

    Noun

    (wikipedia convertible) (en noun)
  • A car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • (finance) A hybrid security that can be converted into stock
  • A portable computer that can be physically converted between laptop and tablet configurations.

    • Synonyms

    * (car with removable roof) cabriolet, cabrio (used of European cars), drophead (British), landau, roadster

    See also

    * landaulet ----