Instability vs. Unstable

Instability vs. Unstable — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Instability and Unstable

Instabilitynoun

(uncountable) The quality of being unstable.

Unstableadjective

Having a strong tendency to change.

Instabilitynoun

A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.

Unstableadjective

Fluctuating; not constant.

Instabilitynoun

an unstable order

Unstableadjective

Fickle.

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Instabilitynoun

unreliability attributable to being unstable

Unstableadjective

Unpredictable.

Instabilitynoun

a state of disequilibrium (as may occur in cases of inner ear disease)

Unstableadjective

(chemistry) Readily decomposable.

Instabilitynoun

the quality or attribute of being unstable and irresolute

Unstableadjective

(physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.

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Unstableverb

(transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.

Unstableadjective

lacking stability or fixity or firmness;

unstable political conditionsthe tower proved to be unstable in the high windan unstable world economy

Unstableadjective

highly or violently reactive;

sensitive and highly unstable compounds

Unstableadjective

affording no ease or reassurance;

a precarious truce

Unstableadjective

suffering from severe mental illness;

of unsound mind

Unstableadjective

disposed to psychological variability;

his rather unstable religious convictions

Unstableadjective

subject to change; variable;

a fluid situation fraught with uncertaintyeverything was unstable following the coup