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Stable vs Establish - What's the difference?

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Establish is a related term of stable.



In transitive terms the difference between stable and establish

is that stable is to put or keep (horse) in a stable while establish is to prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.

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)
  • 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.
  • Verb

    (stabl)
  • to put or keep (horse) in a stable.
  • (rail transport) to park (a rail vehicle)
  • Derived terms
    * (rail transport) outstable

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) stabilis (itself from )

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
  • He was in a stable relationship.
    a stable government
  • * Rogers
  • In this region of chance, where nothing is stable .
    Synonyms
    * fixed
    Antonyms
    * instable * mobile

    Anagrams

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    establish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make stable or firm; to confirm.
  • *
  • To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
  • * , (w) 6:18
  • But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
  • To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
  • Derived terms

    * established church * establishing shot * long-established

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