Stable vs Fit - 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.
* Rogers
Suitable, proper.
* Bible, Job xxxiv. 18
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Adapted to a purpose or environment.
* Shakespeare
In good shape; physically well.
(British, slang) Good looking, fanciable, attractive, beautiful.
Prepared; ready.
* Fairfax
To be suitable for.
* 1918 , Richard Dennis Teall Hollister, Speech-making , publ. George Wahr,
To conform to in size and shape.
To be of the right size and shape, as of clothing.
To make conform in size and shape.
# To tailor; to change to the appropriate size.
To be in agreement with.
To adjust.
To attach, especially when requiring exact positioning or sizing.
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To equip or supply.
To make ready.
(archaic) To be seemly.
To be proper or becoming.
* Alexander Pope
To be in harmony.
The degree to which something fits.
Conformity of elements one to another.
The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly.
(advertising) how well a particular commercial execution captures the character or values of a brand.
(statistics) goodness of fit.
(archaic) A section of a poem or ballad.
* 1771 , (1791), vol 2:
* Spenser
A seizure or convulsion.
(medicine) A sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time.
A sudden outburst of emotion.
A sudden burst (of an activity).
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(medicine) To suffer a fit.
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 a verb stable
is to put or keep (horse) in a stable.As an adjective stable
is relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.As an abbreviation fit is
(travel industry|aviation) fully inclusive tour.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
* instable * mobileAnagrams
* ----fit
English
Etymology 1
Possibly from the (etyl) .Adjective
(fitter)- You have nothing to say about it. I'll do exactly as I see fit .
- Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked?
- survival of the fittest
- That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in.
- You don't have to be a good climber for Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit .
- I think the girl working in the office is fit .
- So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel.
Derived terms
* fighting fit * fit as a fiddle * fitly * fitness * fittie * unfitEtymology 2
From the adjective .Verb
- It fits the purpose.
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- The speaker should be certain that his subject fits the occasion.
- The small shirt doesn't fit me, so I'll buy the medium size.
- If I lose a few kilos, the gorgeous wedding dress might fit me.
- I wanted to borrow my little sister's jeans, but they didn't fit .
- I want to fit the drapes to the windows.
- I had a suit fitted by the tailor.
- These definitions fit most of the usage.
- The regression program fit a line to the data.
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- The chandler will fit us with provisions for a month.
- I'm fitting the ship for a summer sail home.
- Nor fits it to prolong the feast.
- The paint, the fabrics, the rugs all fit .
Derived terms
* fit like a glove * fit up * misfitNoun
(en noun)- This shirt is a bad fit .
- Since he put on weight, his jeans have been a tight fit .
- It's hard to get a good fit using second-hand parts.
- The Wonder Bread advertising research results showed the “White Picket Fence” commercial had strong fit ratings.
Usage notes
Usually used in the singular preceded by an indefinite article and an adjective.References
* (advertising) The Advertising Research Handbook Charles E. Young, Ideas in Flight, Seattle, WA, April 2005Etymology 3
, or, from the sense of fitted to length.Noun
(en noun)- Dr. Percy has written a long ballad in many fits .
- to play some pleasant fit
References
* Oxford English Dictionary: fit, fyte n. 1Etymology 4
.Noun
(en noun)- My grandfather died after having a fit .
- He had a laughing fit which lasted more than ten minutes.
- She had a fit and had thrown all of his clothes out of the window.
- He threw a fit when his car broke down.
