different between varies vs fluctuation

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v???i?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?v??i?z/

Verb

varies

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vary

Anagrams

• Arvies, Servia, arvies

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v???i.?s/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b???i.?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /va??i.es/

Verb

varies

1. second-person singular present indicative form of variar

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Verb

varies

1. second-person singular present indicative of varier
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of varier

Anagrams

• aviser, ravies, ravise, ravisé, rêvais, révisa, sévira, versai, visera, vraies

Latin

Verb

vari?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of vari?

Portuguese

Verb

varies

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of variar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of variar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluctuati?nem, accusative singular of fluctuati?, from fluctu?, from fluctus.Morphologically fluctuate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl?kt?u??e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

fluctuation (countable and uncountable, plural fluctuations)

1. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.

   the fluctuations of the sea

2. A wavering; unsteadiness.

   fluctuations of opinion

   fluctuations of prices

3. In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in an abscess), which is felt during palpation or percussion.

Related terms

• fluctuate

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fluctuati?nem, accusative singular of fluctuati?, from fluctu?, from fluctus.

Pronunciation

Noun

fluctuation f (plural fluctuations)

1. fluctuation

Related terms

• fluctuer

Further reading

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