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Volatility vs Upheaval - What's the difference?

volatility | upheaval |

As nouns the difference between volatility and upheaval

is that volatility is the state of being volatile while upheaval is the process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust.

volatility

English

Noun

(wikipedia volatility) (-)
  • The state of being volatile
  • # The state of having a low boiling point and evaporating readily
  • # (computing) The state of not retaining data in the absence of power
  • # The state of being able to fly
  • # The state of being unpredictable
  • # (Financial markets'', ''countable , plural volatilities ) A quantification of the degree of uncertainty about the future price of a commodity, share, or other financial product

    • upheaval

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the process of being heaved upward, especially the raising of part of the earth's crust
  • a sudden violent upset, disruption or convulsion
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    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author= , title=Wales 2-1 Montenegro , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Since that upheaval Wales have won just once in seven games, beating Northern Ireland in the Nations Cup last May.}}