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Stability vs Fixity - What's the difference?

stability | fixity |

As nouns the difference between stability and fixity

is that stability is the condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change while fixity is the state or condition of being fixed.

stability

English

Noun

  • The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change
  • The tendency to recover from perturbations

    • fixity

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (dated) fixety

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or condition of being fixed.
  • (countable) Something fixed.

    • Synonyms

    * (state or condition of being fixed) fixedness

    See also

    *fixidity