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Stabilize vs Normalize - What's the difference?

stabilize | normalize |

In lang=en terms the difference between stabilize and normalize

is that stabilize is to become stable while normalize is to format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.

As verbs the difference between stabilize and normalize

is that stabilize is to make stable while normalize is to make normal, to make standard.

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.

    normalize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * normalise (UK)

    Verb

  • To make normal, to make standard.
  • There is little hope that the two countries will normalize relations; their governments seem to hate each other and would just as soon stay on bad terms.
  • To format in a standardized manner, to make consistent.
  • We'll need to normalize these statements before we can compare them.
  • (statistics) To reduce to variations by excluding irrelevant aspects.
  • After we properly normalize the measurements with respect to age, gender, geography and economic considerations, there remains little evidence of a difference between the two groups.
  • (rail transport) To return a set of points (switches) to the normal position.
  • (rail transport, intransitive, of points) To return to the normal position from the reverse position.
  • (transitive, computing, database) To subject to normalization; to eliminate redundancy in (a model for storing data).
  • (mathematics) To divide a vector by its magnitude to produce a unit vector.
  • Antonyms

    * (rail transport) reverse (transitive and intransitive)