Changeable vs. Variable — What's the Difference?

Liable to change; capricious

Likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable.

Being such that alteration is possible

Inconstant; fickle.

Varying in color or appearance when seen from different angles

(Biology) Tending to exhibit genetic variation or variation in a physical trait

Capable of being changed.

(Mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.

Subject to sudden or frequent changes.

Something that varies or is prone to variation.

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

(Astronomy) A variable star.

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

A quantity capable of assuming any of a set of values.

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

A symbol representing such a quantity. For example, in the expression a2 + b2 = c2, a,b, and c are variables.

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

Able to vary or be varied.

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

Likely to vary.

Subject to change;

Marked by diversity or difference.

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

(mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.

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

Something that is variable.

Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.

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

(astronomy) A variable star.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.

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

A quantity that can assume any of a set of values

A star that varies noticeably in brightness

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

Liable to or capable of change;

Marked by diversity or difference;

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