What's the difference between chaotic and erratic?

Chaotic


Definition:

  • (a.) Resembling chaos; confused.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With significant correlation, the experimental data show the statistics of the system not to be casual and Gaussian, but chaotic and persistent, with Hurst exponent <H> approximately 0.77 and fractal dimension <D> 1.23.
  • (2) Despite mounting criticism during the Duma campaign, both supporters and opponents acknowledge his perceived achievement in restoring Russia's standing in the world following Boris Yeltsin's chaotic 1990s decade.
  • (3) Some saw it as a morality issue: the bad customers tend to be the lower paid, in and out of jobs, or just plain chaotic.
  • (4) They impose the illusion of order on a chaotic life; they cement our place within and commitment to a collective.
  • (5) Chaotic portal vein flow occurred in 35% (14) of pancreatic and 20% (6) of biliary tumours and complete portal vein occlusion in 28% (11) and 10% (3) respectively.
  • (6) With larger differences in the analog values (and larger feedback error) at each iteration, we found that networks learned to transmit different chaotic attractors.
  • (7) People didn't see, because it was so chaotic and acrimonious, that the Copenhagen accord turned out to be a strong platform for going forward.
  • (8) During their meeting, William revealed that the birth of the couple’s first child, Prince George, was so chaotic that he forgot to ask if it was a boy or girl.
  • (9) A biological process serves as a source and its products are subject t] local dispersive fluid forces constrained by chaotic streamlines.
  • (10) Insecurity has led to panic buying of fuel, with long, chaotic queues at petrol stations.
  • (11) This training is, of necessity, stressful and chaotic in order to simulate combat conditions.
  • (12) Simulated responses to periodic stimulation include monotonic Wenckebach patterns and alternans at normal [K]o, whereas at low [K]o nonmonotonic Wenckebach periodicities, aperiodic patterns, and enhanced supernormal excitability that results in unstable responses ("chaotic activity") are observed.
  • (13) The failure of bulbar rhythmogenic mechanisms to maintain an orderly and synchronous recruitment of respiratory drive, which led to untimely and chaotic activations of respiratory muscles, was apparently the underlying cause of various ataxic breathing patterns and a reduced ventilatory efficiency.
  • (14) Barack Obama stepped into the chaotic final hours of the Copenhagen summit today saying he was convinced the world could act "boldly and decisively" on climate change.
  • (15) In this paper we describe and demonstrate phase space trajectories generated for sine waves, mixtures of sine waves, and white noise (random chaotic events).
  • (16) Although security experts could not confirm whether this represents an explicit breach of protocol, they argued that it reflected the chaotic nature of decision-making within police stations as the security services struggled to bring protests under control.
  • (17) These conditions have brought about the present chaotic state of the city.
  • (18) The cardiac activity stems from deterministic dynamics of chaotic nature characterized by correlation dimensions D2 ranging from 3.6 to 5.2.
  • (19) The Office of Rail Regulation will launch an investigation into serious travel disruption caused by overrunning engineering works in London , which led to services to and from two major stations being cancelled and chaotic overcrowding at a local station to which some trains were re-routed.
  • (20) The other was chaotic, emotionally unsupportive, with high levels of conflict.

Erratic


Definition:

  • (a.) Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.
  • (a.) Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.
  • (a.) Irregular; changeable.
  • (n.) One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.
  • (n.) A rogue.
  • (n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This erratic course renders difficult assessment of the efficacy of methods of treatment.
  • (2) As trigger sensitivity was decreased within its usual range, a marked and progressive ventilator response delay occurred which was associated with erratic changes in functional residual capacity as well as dyspnea and tachypnea.
  • (3) Obstacles to successful treatment include an erratic schedule, mistrust of authority, and uncooperative or aggressive behavior.
  • (4) In the wake of a second fatal police shooting in the St Louis area after the death of Michael Brown , concerned citizens are asking why officers had to kill Kajieme Powell, a 25-year-old man who was holding a knife and “behaving erratically.” They want to know why officers don’t shoot someone like Powell in the leg or the arm, rather than aiming for vital organs, or why they don’t just use a less lethal weapon, like a Taser.
  • (5) We attribute the persistence of infection in our patient to erratic usage of antituberculous drugs.
  • (6) Coronary blood flow and coronary perfusion pressure were significantly correlated during the administration of lignocaine; bupivacaine had erratic effects on coronary blood flow and no correlation between coronary blood flow and coronary perfusion pressure was seen.
  • (7) Flynn’s subsequent penchant for inflammatory, erratic and even bigoted statements left few, particularly in security circles, willing to defend him.
  • (8) The president of the European parliament, Martin Schulz, reflecting the deep anger felt in Brussels at the erratic negotiating tactics adopted by Tsipras and Varoufakis, said Greek voters should blame Tsipras for bringing the country to its knees.
  • (9) Cells in optimal (5 x 10(-9) M) but uniform concentrations of N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) polarized well and showed a 'persistent random walk' type of locomotion, whereas in supraoptimal concentrations (10(-7) M), the cells took erratic paths and polarized poorly, suggesting that monocytes cannot develop an anteroposterior polarity if hit by ligand molecules at many points on the cell surface simultaneously.
  • (10) It is perhaps not surprising that self-diagnosis and self-medication are common and follow-up attendance is erratic.
  • (11) As far back as 2008, the Wall Street Journal was running front-page pieces , beginning: "Major banks are contributing to the erratic behaviour of a crucial global lending benchmark".
  • (12) The fact that it failed is related to the atomised society left behind by 40 years of the most brutal and erratic of dictatorships.
  • (13) At lower levels the results were somewhat more erratic due to inaccuracies of the various methods at low concentrations.
  • (14) At any rate, the only sparse range of body expressions, the smallness and preference of night activity of these animals and the erratic occurrence of essential behaviour patterns make the investigations more difficult.
  • (15) It has been encouraged by Trump’s often erratic, unfocused behaviour , and the resulting opportunities and dangers arising from weakened American global leadership.
  • (16) Though absorption of ampicillin from capsules was often erratic, its bioavailability was similar in normal and cirrhotic subjects.
  • (17) Moreover, the emotional climate of adolescence, which requires affiliation with peer groups, and a distancing from authority figures such as doctors and parents, is often associated with a deterioration in drug and dietary compliance and with erratic clinic attendance.
  • (18) I learned that the hard way: when I was younger, I played the part of the erratic, irascible drunk in order to have something to write about.
  • (19) Once well-paid, stable work with decent terms and conditions is gradually being replaced by minimum-wage, erratic jobs.
  • (20) Psychiatric patients may also be at special risk for the development of digitoxicity because of erratic drug taking, electrolyte imbalance or increased autonomic tone.