Changeable vs. Variable

Changeableadjective

Capable of being changed.

Variableadjective

Able to vary.

‘variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity’;

Changeableadjective

Subject to sudden or frequent changes.

‘The weather is very changeable today: we've had bright sunshine, clouds, wind and rain in the same half-hour.’;

Variableadjective

Likely to vary.

Changeableadjective

(of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.

Variableadjective

Marked by diversity or difference.

Changeableadjective

Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

Variableadjective

(mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.

Changeableadjective

Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.

Variableadjective

(biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

Changeableadjective

capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature;

‘a mutable substance’; ‘the mutable ways of fortune’; ‘mutable weather patterns’; ‘a mutable foreign policy’;

Variablenoun

Something that is variable.

Changeableadjective

such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change;

‘changeable behavior’; ‘changeable moods’; ‘changeable prices’;

Variablenoun

Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

‘There are several variables to consider here.’;

Changeableadjective

subject to change;

‘a changeable climate’; ‘the weather is uncertain’; ‘unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other’;

Variablenoun

(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

Changeableadjective

varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles;

‘changeable taffeta’; ‘chatoyant (or shot) silk’; ‘a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent’;

Variablenoun

(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.

Variablenoun

(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.

Variablenoun

(astronomy) A variable star.

Variablenoun

(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

Variablenoun

Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

Variableadjective

Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

Variableadjective

Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.

‘Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.’; ‘His heart, I know, how variable and vain!’;

Variablenoun

That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.

Variablenoun

A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x2 - y2 = R2, x and y are variables.

Variablenoun

A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

Variablenoun

something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation;

‘the weather is one variable to be considered’;

Variablenoun

a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

Variablenoun

a star that varies noticeably in brightness

Variablenoun

a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity

Variableadjective

liable to or capable of change;

‘rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable’; ‘variable winds’; ‘variable expenses’;

Variableadjective

marked by diversity or difference;

‘the varying angles of roof slope’; ‘nature is infinitely variable’;

Variableadjective

(used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied;

‘a variable capacitor’; ‘variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights’;