Volatile vs Fading - What's the difference?

Volatile is a related term of fading.

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

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 fading is (obsolete) an irish dance; also, the burden of a song.

As an adjective volatile

is (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.

As a verb fading is

As a noun fading is

the act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.

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

fading

English

Verb

(head)

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-10-19, volume=409, issue=8858, magazine=(The Economist), author=Banyan

, title= The meaning of Sachin , passage=With fading eyesight and reactions, the runs have dried up. That Mr Tendulkar has nonetheless kept his place in the national [cricket] side is a more dismal exemplum: of the impunity enjoyed by all India’s rich and powerful.}}

Noun

(en noun)

The act of something that fades; gradual diminishment.

* 1854 , (Herman Melville), (Israel Potter)

(obsolete) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

Fading is a fine jig.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

delicate burthens of dildos and fadings

(Webster 1913)