different between fitful vs reversible

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

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.