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Established vs Stabilized - What's the difference?

established | stabilized |

As verbs the difference between established and stabilized

is that established is (establish) while stabilized is (stabilize).

As an adjective established

is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

established

English

Verb

(head)
  • (establish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
    • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

    • Derived terms

    * established church * long-established

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)

    stabilized

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stabilize)

    • stabilize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * stabilise (UK)

    Verb

    (stabiliz)
  • To make stable.
    • Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
  • To become stable.
    • The country will stabilize after the next election ends.

    Related terms

    * stabilizer * stabilization