different between sticky vs inseparable

English

Etymology

From stick +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?ki/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Adjective

sticky (comparative stickier, superlative stickiest)

1. Able or likely to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance.

2. Potentially difficult to escape from.
   • 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:

     Salmond studied medieval Scottish history as well as economics at university so he cannot say he has not had fair warning – it was even more turbulent and bloody than England at that time – and plenty of Scotland's kings and leaders came to a sticky end.

3. Of weather, hot and windless and with high humidity, so that people feel sticky from sweating.
   • 2008, Robert K. Fitts, Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball

     The baby was due in December and the hot, sticky August weather was making Jane uncomfortable.

4. (finance) Tending to stay the same; resistant to change.

5. (computing, informal, of a setting) Persistent.

6. (computing, of a window) Appearing on all virtual desktops.
7. (Internet, of threads on a bulletin board) Fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
8. (Internet, of a website) Compelling enough to keep visitors from leaving.

9. Similar to a stick

Synonyms

• (able or likely to adhere): claggy, tenacious; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
• (hot, windless and humid): close, muggy, sultry; see also Thesaurus:muggy

Derived terms

• stickily
• stickiness
• sticky-backed plastic
• sticky bit
• sticky fingers
• sticky note
• sticky tape
• sticky wicket

Translations

See also

• tacky

Noun

sticky (plural stickies)

1. A sticky note, such as a post-it note.

   Her desk is covered with yellow stickies.

2. (Internet) A discussion thread fixed at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.
3. (manufacturing) A small adhesive particle found in wastepaper.
4. (Australia, colloquial) A sweet dessert wine.

Translations

Verb

sticky (third-person singular simple present stickies, present participle stickying, simple past and past participle stickied)

1. (Internet, bulletin boards, transitive) to fix a thread at the top of the list of topics or threads so as to keep it in view.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin ?ns?par?bilis. Constructed as in- +? separable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.?s?.p(?).??.bl/

Adjective

inseparable (comparative more inseparable, superlative most inseparable)

1. Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.

Synonyms

• unseparable

Antonyms

• separable (able to be separated)
• unannexable (unable to be annexed)
• uncombinable (unable to be combined)

Translations

Noun

inseparable (plural inseparables)

1. Something that cannot be separated from something else.
   • 2002, Brian Carr, Indira Mahalingam, Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy (page 129)

     Jayanta does so in answering an opponent who declares that the very idea of a relation between two inseparables is self-contradictory. How can inseparability and relation be reconciled?

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ?ns?par?bilis.

Adjective

inseparable (epicene, plural inseparables)

1. inseparable

   Antonym: separable

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?ns?par?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.s?.p???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.se.pa??a.ble/

Adjective

inseparable (masculine and feminine plural inseparables)

1. inseparable

   Antonym: separable

Derived terms

• inseparablement

Further reading

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• inseparábel

Etymology

From Latin ?ns?par?bilis.

Adjective

inseparable m or f (plural inseparables)

1. inseparable

   Antonym: separable

Derived terms

• inseparablemente

Further reading

• “inseparable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?ns?par?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insepa??able/, [?n.se.pa??a.??le]

Adjective

inseparable (plural inseparables)

1. inseparable

   Antonyms: separable, incombinable

Derived terms

• inseparablemente

Noun

inseparable m (plural inseparables)

1. lovebird

Further reading

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