Staidness vs Stability - What's the difference?
staidness | stability | Synonyms |
The state or characteristic of being staid.
* 1836 , , Sketches of Boz , ch. 7:
* 1887 , , Under the Storm , ch. 22:
The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change
The tendency to recover from perturbations
Staidness is a synonym of stability.
As nouns the difference between staidness and stability
is that staidness is the state or characteristic of being staid while stability is the condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.staidness
English
Noun
(-)- It is difficult to say whether Mr. John Dounce's red countenance, illuminated as it was by the flickering gas-light in the window before which he paused, excited the lady's risibility, or whether a natural exuberance of animal spirits proved too much for that staidness of demeanour which the forms of society rather dictatorially prescribe.
- [T]here was a staidness and sobriety about her demeanour that kept all impertinence at a distance.