different between erratic vs reversible

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)

1. unsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent

   Henry has been getting erratic scores on his tests: 40% last week, but 98% this week.

2. Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd.

   erratic conduct

Antonyms

• consistent

Derived terms

• erratical
• erratically
• erraticness

Translations

Noun

erratic (plural erratics)

1. (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.

2. Anything that has erratic characteristics.

Synonyms

• (glaciers): dropstone

Translations

Anagrams

• Cartier, cartier, cirrate, rice rat

English

Etymology

Probably from Middle French.

Adjective

reversible (not comparable)

1. Able to be reversed.
2. (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
3. (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
4. (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
5. (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

Antonyms

• irreversible

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

reversible (plural reversibles)

1. A garment that can be worn inside out.

Anagrams

• silver beer

Catalan

Adjective

reversible (masculine and feminine plural reversibles)

1. reversible

Related terms

• revers

Further reading

• “reversible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “reversible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “reversible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reversible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

reversible

1. definite singular of reversibel
2. plural of reversibel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

reversible

1. definite singular of reversibel
2. plural of reversibel

Spanish

Adjective

reversible (plural reversibles)

1. reversible

Further reading

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