Inconstant vs. Variable — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Inconstant and Variable
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Inconstant
Inconstant is the name of several merchant and naval ships including: The brig Inconstant, built in 1811, in which Napoleon escaped from Elba in 1815 The brig Inconstant, launched in 1811 in France, that became Swiftsure and that was wrecked c.1831. The sailing ship Inconstant, built in 1848, which played an important role in the history of Wellington, New Zealand as "Plimmer's Ark" Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Inconstant, see HMS Inconstant.
Variable
Likely to change or vary; subject to variation; changeable.
Inconstant
Changing or varying, especially often and without discernible pattern or reason.
Variable
Inconstant; fickle.
Inconstant
Fickle; faithless.
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Variable
(Biology) Tending to exhibit genetic variation or variation in a physical trait
Geographically variable color patterns.
Inconstant
Not constant; wavering.
Variable
(Mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
Inconstant
Unfaithful to a lover.
Variable
Something that varies or is prone to variation.
Inconstant
Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; - said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship.
While we, inquiring phantoms of a day,Inconstant as the shadows we survey!
Variable
(Astronomy) A variable star.
Inconstant
Likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable;
Inconstant affections
An inconstant lover
Swear not by...the inconstant moon
Variable
A quantity capable of assuming any of a set of values.
Variable
A symbol representing such a quantity. For example, in the expression a2 + b2 = c2, a,b, and c are variables.
Variable
Able to vary or be varied.
Variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor
Variable
Likely to vary.
Variable
Marked by diversity or difference.
Variable
(mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
Variable
(biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
Variable
Something that is variable.
Variable
Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
There are several variables to consider here.
Variable
(mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
Variable
(programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
Variable
(astronomy) A variable star.
Variable
(nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Variable
Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
Variable
Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
Variable
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!
Variable
That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
Variable
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.
Variable
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Variable
Something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation;
The weather is one variable to be considered
Variable
A quantity that can assume any of a set of values
Variable
A star that varies noticeably in brightness
Variable
A symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity
Variable
Liable to or capable of change;
Rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable
Variable winds
Variable expenses
Variable
Marked by diversity or difference;
The varying angles of roof slope
Nature is infinitely variable
Variable
(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
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