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Equilibrium vs Calm - What's the difference?

equilibrium | calm |

As nouns the difference between equilibrium and calm

is that equilibrium is balance, equilibrium while calm is (in a person) the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.

As an adjective calm is

(of a person) peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.

As a verb calm is

to make calm.

equilibrium

English

Alternative forms

* “ equilibrium]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed. (dated)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.
  • * 1999 , , Agent smith speech
    • Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus.
  • (physics) The state of a body at rest or in uniform motion in which the resultant of all forces on it is zero.
  • (chemistry) The state of a reaction in which the rates of the forward and reverse reactions are the same.
  • Mental balance.

    • Synonyms

    * (a condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) balance, stability * (mental balance) sanity

    Antonyms

    * (a condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced) disequilibrium, imbalance, instability * (in physics) disequilibrium, non-equilibrium * (mental balance) insanity, instability, madness

    Hypernyms

    * (in physics) stasis

    Derived terms

    * disequilibrium * dynamic equilibrium * equilibrist * Nash equilibrium * neutral equilibrium * stable equilibrium * static equilibrium * unstable equilibrium

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    References

    English nouns with irregular plurals

    calm

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
  • (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
  • (of water) with little waves on the surface.
  • Without wind or storm.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormy

    Derived terms

    * calm as a millpond * ice-calm

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
  • (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
  • A period of time without wind.
  • * Bible, Mark iv. 39
    • The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * ice-calm

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make calm.
    • to calm a crying baby
    to calm the passions
  • * Dryden
    • to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
  • To become calm.

    • Synonyms

    * calm down, cool off, ease, pacify, quieten, soothe, subdue

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