floating vs transient

floating

noun
  • The motion of something that floats. 

  • Material that floats in a liquid. 

  • A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth. 

  • The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls. 

adj
  • That floats or float. 

  • Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift. 

  • that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme. 

transient

noun
  • Something that is transient. 

  • A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum. 

  • A homeless person. 

  • homestay 

  • A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge. 

  • A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time. 

  • A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker. 

adj
  • Intermediate. 

  • Occasional; isolated; one-off 

  • having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again. 

  • Passing or disappearing with time; transitory. 

  • Decaying with time, especially exponentially. 

  • Operating beyond itself; having an external effect. 

  • Passing through; passing from one person to another. 

  • Remaining for only a brief time. 

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