different between makeshift vs immutable

English

Alternative forms

• make-shift, make shift

Etymology 1

1680s. From the verb form make shift.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?me?k???ft/

Noun

makeshift (plural makeshifts)

1. A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
   • 1923, Benjamin C. Marsh, "For the Community to Do", in The World tomorrow Volume 6

     Hoboism cannot be cured or prevented by makeshifts or by local measures and efforts, although community interest naturally is vital in dealing with a problem that comes home to every community.

Translations

Adjective

makeshift (comparative more makeshift, superlative most makeshift)

1. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

   They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.

Translations

Etymology 2

1560s. From make +? shift.

Noun

makeshift (plural makeshifts)

1. (obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:villain

See also

• make shift

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “makeshift”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 19 June 2018

English

Etymology

From French, ultimately from Latin imm?t?bilis (“unchangable”); im- +? mutable

Pronunciation

Adjective

immutable (not comparable)

1. unable to be changed without exception.

2. (programming, of a variable) not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.

Antonyms

• mutable
• nonimmutable

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

immutable (plural immutables)

1. something that cannot be changed

Anagrams

• multibeam

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.my.tabl/

Adjective

immutable (plural immutables)

1. immutable
2. (programming) immutable

Further reading

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