different between inconstant vs erratic

English

Alternative forms

• inconstaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French inconstant

Adjective

inconstant (comparative more inconstant, superlative most inconstant)

1. Not constant; wavering.
2. Unfaithful to a lover.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +? constant.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /i?.kons?tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /i?.kuns?tan/

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

inconstant (masculine and feminine plural inconstants)

1. inconstant

   Antonym: constant

Related terms

• inconstància

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From in- +? constant.

Adjective

inconstant (feminine singular inconstante, masculine plural inconstants, feminine plural inconstantes)

1. inconstant

Further reading

• “inconstant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French inconstant.

Adjective

inconstant m or n (feminine singular inconstant?, masculine plural inconstan?i, feminine and neuter plural inconstante)

1. inconstant

Declension

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