different between erratic vs deranged
erratic
English
Alternative forms
- erratick, erraticke, erratique (all obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin erraticus; compare Old French erratique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???æt?k/
- Rhymes: -æt?k
Adjective
erratic (comparative more erratic, superlative most erratic)
- unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent
- Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.
- Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd.
- erratic conduct
Antonyms
- consistent
Derived terms
- erratical
- erratically
- erraticness
Translations
Noun
erratic (plural erratics)
- (geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a glacier.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 372:
- The term for a displaced boulder is an erratic, but in the nineteenth century the expression seemed to apply more often to the theories than to the rocks.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 372:
- Anything that has erratic characteristics.
Synonyms
- (glaciers): dropstone
Translations
Anagrams
- Cartier, cartier, cirrate, rice rat
erratic From the web:
- what erratic means
- what's erratic behavior
- what's erratic rainfall
- what erratic meant
- what erratic in tagalog
- what's erratic in german
- what erratic mean in spanish
- what's erratic demand
deranged
English
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)From French dérangé.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d???e?nd?d/
Adjective
deranged (comparative more deranged, superlative most deranged)
- disturbed or upset, especially mentally
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
- insane
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:insane
Translations
Verb
deranged
- simple past tense and past participle of derange
Anagrams
- dangered, gandered, gardened, grenaded
deranged From the web:
- what deranged mean
- what deranged means in spanish
- what deranged person
- what deranged drainage pattern
- deranged what does it mean
- what does deranged lfts mean
- what is deranged liver function
- what does deranged blood test mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- erratic vs deranged
- derranged vs sane
- derranged vs crazy
- scrutinize vs eyeball
- hollow vs concave
- assets vs styles
- asset vs styles
- assets vs stylesheets
- cassetteaxd vs stylesheet
- hortatory vs stylerossetticss
- review vs sisetustylecss
- weight vs dimensioner
- advantageousness vs profitableness
- profitable vs advantageous
- transverse vs crosspiece
- prepared vs adapted
- subjectto vs exposed
- subjected vs exposed
- plentifully vs abundantly
- apart vs disunite