Stable vs Stabilized - What's the difference?
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A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
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(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
to put or keep (horse) in a stable.
(rail transport) to park (a rail vehicle)
Relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
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(stabilize)
To make stable.
To become stable.
As verbs the difference between stable and stabilized
is that stable is to put or keep (horse) in a stable while stabilized is past tense of stabilize.As a noun stable
is a building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.As an adjective stable
is relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.stable
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia stable) (etyl), from (etyl) estable, from (etyl) )Noun
(en noun)Verb
(stabl)Derived terms
* (rail transport) outstableEtymology 2
From (etyl) stabilis (itself from )Adjective
(en-adj)- He was in a stable relationship.
- a stable government
- In this region of chance, where nothing is stable .
Synonyms
* fixedAntonyms
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* ----stabilized
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Verb
(head)stabilize
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Alternative forms
* stabilise (UK)Verb
(stabiliz)- Jody stabilized the table by putting a book under the short leg.
- The country will stabilize after the next election ends.