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Unsteady vs Changeful - What's the difference?

unsteady | changeful | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between unsteady and changeful

is that unsteady is not held firmly in position, physically unstable while changeful is changing frequently; very susceptible to change; variable; fickle.

As a verb unsteady

is to render unsteady, removing balance.

unsteady

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
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  • *:"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day:"
  • Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity.
  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.

    • Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    Antonyms

    * steady

    Verb

  • To render unsteady, removing balance.

    • changeful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change; variable; fickle.
  • * 1606 , , Troilus and Cressida , act 4, sc. 4, ln. 99:
    • When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency.

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