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Unsettled vs Unsteady - What's the difference?

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Unsettled is a related term of unsteady.


As adjectives the difference between unsettled and unsteady

is that unsettled is disturbed, upset while unsteady is not held firmly in position, physically unstable.

As verbs the difference between unsettled and unsteady

is that unsettled is (unsettle) while unsteady is to render unsteady, removing balance.

unsettled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Disturbed, upset.
  • :I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.
  • Not in a steady condition, uncertain, subject to change.
  • Not populated, having no settlers or other inhabitants.
  • Unpaid.
  • :We need to settle this bill; even if you think the charge is too high we can't just leave it unsettled .

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (unsettle)

    • unsteady

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
  • :
  • *
  • *:"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day:"
  • Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity.
  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.

    • Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    Antonyms

    * steady

    Verb

  • To render unsteady, removing balance.