Stalemate vs Stablemate - What's the difference?
stalemate | stablemate |
(chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.
(chess) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
(figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
* 29 February 2012 , Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948]
One (such as a racehorse) from the same stable.
One from the same organization or background.
As nouns the difference between stalemate and stablemate
is that stalemate is the state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw while stablemate is one (such as a racehorse) from the same stable.As a verb stalemate
is to bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.stalemate
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(stalemat)- The North Korean nuclear issue, stalemated for the past three years, is now back in play again - not before time.