different between alterable vs fitful

English

Etymology

alter +? -able

Adjective

alterable (comparative more alterable, superlative most alterable)

1. Capable of being changed, changeable, mutable

Antonyms

• inalterable
• unalterable

Translations

Noun

alterable (plural alterables)

1. Something that can be altered; a variable.

Related terms

• alterability

Anagrams

• Albert Lea, alertable, relatable

Spanish

Etymology

alterar +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alte??able/, [al?.t?e??a.??le]

Adjective

alterable (plural alterables)

1. alterable

   Antonym: inalterable

Derived terms

• alterabilidad
• inalterable

Further reading

• “alterable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From fit +? -ful.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fitful (comparative more fitful, superlative most fitful)

1. Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.

   His breathing was fitful.

   • 1605, Shakespeare, Macbeth, act III

     […] Duncan is in his grave;

     After life's fitful fever he sleeps well;

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 123

     The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door [...]

   • 2012, The Economist, The economy: Don’t say “green shoots”

     So fitful has Britain’s economy been that any good news is understandably snatched at.

Synonyms

• intermittent, spasmodic; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous

Derived terms

• fitfully
• fitfulness

Translations