different between inconstant vs fitful

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

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

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