different between uncertain vs unsecure

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

un- +? secure

Adjective

unsecure (comparative more unsecure, superlative most unsecure)

1. (rare) insecure
   • 1668, John Denham, Of Prudence (poem)

     All great concernments must delays endure;
     Rashness and haste make all things unsecure.

   • 1624, Thomas Middleton, A Game at Chesse

     Has my Goodnes
     Clemencie, loue, and fauour gratious raysed thee
     From a Condition next to popular labour
     Tooke thee from all the dubitable hazards
     Of Fortune, her most unsecure aduentures
     And grafted thee into a Branch of honor […]

   • 1883, N. Y. Supreme Court (page 43)

     […] [the elevator] was in operation when it fell; its fall was due to the settling of the piers and the unsecure foundation of the elevator […]

   • 2004, Stephen Walther, ASP.NET unleashed 2003 (page 923)

     In this chapter, you examine methods for encrypting data before it is sent across an unsecure network such as the Internet.

   • 2007, Brian Koerner, Windows Vista Security for Dummies (page 223)

     Unsecure networks pose a substantial security risk to your systems or data.

Anagrams

• unrecuse