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Mainstay vs Reliable - What's the difference?

mainstay | reliable |

As nouns the difference between mainstay and reliable

is that mainstay is a chief support while reliable is something or someone or dependable.

As an adjective reliable is

suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on|relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.

mainstay

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A chief support.
  • :Agriculture is the mainstay of this country’s economy.
  • (nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast to the bottom of the foremast.

    • Anagrams

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    reliable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
    • A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
    The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
    According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.
  • (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't

    • Synonyms

    * secure * dependable

    Antonyms

    * unreliable

    Derived terms

    * reliableness * reliably * semireliable

    Related terms

    * reliability * reliance * rely

    See also

    * (Reliability)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something or someone or dependable
    • the old reliables