Rash vs. Volatile — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rash and Volatile
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Rash
A rash is a change of the human skin which affects its color, appearance, or texture. A rash may be localized in one part of the body, or affect all the skin.
Volatile
Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.
Rash
Resulting from or acting with ill-considered haste or boldness.
Volatile
Capable of being readily vaporized.
Rash
A visible lesion or group of lesions on the skin, caused by any of numerous factors including infectious agents, drugs, and allergies.
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Volatile
Tending to vary often or widely, as in price
The ups and downs of volatile stocks.
Rash
An outbreak of many instances within a brief period
A rash of burglaries.
Volatile
Inconstant; fickle
A flirt's volatile affections.
Rash
Acting too quickly without considering the consequences and risks; not careful; hasty.
Rash words spoken in the heat of debate
Volatile
Lighthearted; flighty
In a volatile mood.
Rash
Of corn or other grains: so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling.
Volatile
Ephemeral; fleeting.
Rash
Requiring swift action; pressing; urgent.
Volatile
Tending to violence; explosive
A volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation.
Rash
Taking effect quickly and strongly; fast-acting.
Volatile
Flying or capable of flying; volant.
Rash
(archaic) rashly
Volatile
(Computers) Of or relating to memory whose data is erased when the memory's power is interrupted.
Rash
An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word , an illness characterized by a type of rash.
He came out in a rash because of an allergy.
She applied rash cream on herself to reduce the irritation.
A wet cloth should help with the rash on your arm.
Volatile
(physics) Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
Rash
(figuratively)
Volatile
Explosive.
Rash
An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
Volatile
(of a price etc) Variable or erratic.
Rash
An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
There has been a rash of vandalism lately.
Volatile
(of a person) Quick to become angry or violent.
A volatile man
Rash
(historical) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.
Cloth rash
Silk rash
Volatile
Fickle.
Rash
(obsolete) A soft crackling or rustling sound.
Volatile
Temporary or ephemeral.
Rash
(transitive)
Volatile
(of a situation) Potentially violent.
Rash
To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.
Volatile
Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
Rash
To break (something) forcefully; to smash.
Volatile
Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
Rash
To emit or issue (something) hastily.
Volatile
(obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
Rash
(rare) Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.
Volatile
A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.
Rash
(intransitive)
Volatile
(programming) A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value.
Rash
To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.
Volatile
Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
Rash
Of rain: to fall heavily.
Volatile
Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aëriform state; subject to evaporation.
Rash
Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: to collide or hit.
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.
Rash
Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.
Volatile
A winged animal; wild fowl; game.
Rash
To hack, slash, or slice (something).
Volatile
A volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor;
It was heated to evaporate the volatiles
Rash
(rare) Chiefly followed by out: to scrape or scratch (something); to obliterate.
Volatile
Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures;
Volatile oils
Volatile solvents
Rash
To pull off or pluck violently.
Volatile
Liable to lead to sudden change or violence;
An explosive issue
A volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation
Rash
To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.
Rashing off helms and riving plates asunder.
Volatile
Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments;
Fickle friends
A flirt's volatile affections
Rash
To prepare with haste.
Volatile
Tending to vary often or widely;
Volatile stocks
Volatile emotions
Rash
A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.
Rash
An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
Rash
Sudden in action; quick; hasty.
Rash
Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
I scarce have leisure to salute you,My matter is so rash.
Rash
Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
Rash
Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
Rash
So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
Was never known a more adventurous knight.
Her rash hand in evil hourForth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.
If any yet be so foolhardyTo expose themselves to vain jeopardy;If they come wounded off, and lame,No honor's got by such a maim.
Rash
Any red eruption of the skin
Rash
A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences;
A rash of bank robberies
A blizzard of lawsuits
Rash
Imprudently incurring risk;
Do something rash that he will forever repent
Rash
Marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences;
Foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker
Became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans
A reckless driver
A rash attempt to climb the World Trade Center
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