Consolidate vs Stabilize - What's the difference?
consolidate | stabilize |
(ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
To make stronger or more solid.
(obsolete) Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
* Elyot
To make stable.
To become stable.
As verbs the difference between consolidate and stabilize
is that consolidate is to combine into a single unit; to group together or join while stabilize is to make stable.As an adjective consolidate
is formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.consolidate
English
Verb
(consolidat)- He consolidated his luggage into a single large bag.
Coordinate terms
* ( combine into a single unit) (l)Adjective
(en adjective)- A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate .
stabilize
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Alternative forms
* stabilise (UK)Verb
(stabiliz)- Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
- The country will stabilize after the next election ends.
