Fickle vs. Volatile — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Fickle and Volatile
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Fickle
Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
Volatile
Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.
Fickle
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
Volatile
Capable of being readily vaporized.
Fickle
(figurative) Changeable.
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Volatile
Tending to vary often or widely, as in price
The ups and downs of volatile stocks.
Fickle
(transitive) To deceive, flatter.
Volatile
Inconstant; fickle
A flirt's volatile affections.
Fickle
To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
Volatile
Lighthearted; flighty
In a volatile mood.
Fickle
Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel.
They know how fickle common lovers are.
Volatile
Ephemeral; fleeting.
Fickle
Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments;
Fickle friends
A flirt's volatile affections
Volatile
Tending to violence; explosive
A volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation.
Fickle
Liable to sudden unpredictable change;
Erratic behavior
Fickle weather
Mercurial twists of temperament
A quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
Volatile
Flying or capable of flying; volant.
Volatile
(Computers) Of or relating to memory whose data is erased when the memory's power is interrupted.
Volatile
(physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
Volatile
Explosive.
Volatile
(of a price etc) Variable or erratic.
Volatile
(of a person) Quick to become angry or violent.
A volatile man
Volatile
Fickle.
Volatile
Temporary or ephemeral.
Volatile
(of a situation) Potentially violent.
Volatile
Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
Volatile
Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
Volatile
(obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
Volatile
A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
Volatile
(programming) A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.
Volatile
Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
Volatile
Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aëriform state; subject to evaporation.
Volatile
Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.
You are as giddy and volatile as ever.
Volatile
A winged animal; wild fowl; game.
Volatile
A volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor;
It was heated to evaporate the volatiles
Volatile
Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures;
Volatile oils
Volatile solvents
Volatile
Liable to lead to sudden change or violence;
An explosive issue
A volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation
Volatile
Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments;
Fickle friends
A flirt's volatile affections
Volatile
Tending to vary often or widely;
Volatile stocks
Volatile emotions
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