different between uncertain vs modifiable

English

Etymology

un- +? certain

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s??t?n/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t?n

Adjective

uncertain (comparative more uncertain, superlative most uncertain)

1. Not certain; unsure.
   • 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious

     Man, without the protection of a superior Being, […] is […] uncertain of everything that he hopes for.

2. Not known for certain; questionable.

3. Not yet determined; undecided.
4. Variable and subject to change.
5. Fitful or unsteady.

   • Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

6. Unpredictable or capricious.

Antonyms

• certain

Related terms

• uncertainly, uncertainty

Translations

Noun

uncertain pl (plural only)

1. (with "the") Something uncertain.

Anagrams

• N Centauri, centaurin, encurtain, runcinate

English

Etymology

From French modifiable. Surface etymology is modify +? -able

Adjective

modifiable (comparative more modifiable, superlative most modifiable)

1. Capable of being modified; subject to modification.

Synonyms

• (subject to modification): changeable, editable, mutable

Antonyms

• (subject to modification): unmodifiable

French

Etymology

From modifier +? -able

Adjective

modifiable (plural modifiables)

1. modifiable

Derived terms

• immodifiable
• modifiabilité

Related terms

• modification
  • modificateur
• modifier
• modifieur

Further reading

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