Volatile vs Intermittent - What's the difference?
volatile | intermittent |
(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.
Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant
(specifically, geology, of a body of water) Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
As adjectives the difference between volatile and intermittent
is that volatile is (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions while intermittent is stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant.As a noun intermittent is
(medicine|dated) an intermittent fever or disease.volatile
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* volatility * volatile memoryintermittent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.
- Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.
- The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.