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Stationary vs Riveted - What's the difference?

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As an adjective stationary

is not moving.

As a noun stationary

is one who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

As a verb riveted is

past tense of rivet.

stationary

English

Adjective

(wikipedia stationary) (en adjective)
  • Not moving.
  • For a few moments, the train remained stationary , before lurching forward along the track.
  • incapable of being moved
  • unchanging
  • Synonyms

    * (not moving) fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving * (incapable of being moved) immobile, unmoveable * (unchanging) changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging

    Antonyms

    * (not moving) in motion, moving, on the move * (incapable of being moved) mobile, moveable * (unchanging) changing, mutable, variable

    Noun

    (stationaries)
  • One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
  • (Holland)
  • See also

    * stationary point

    riveted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rivet)

  • rivet

    English

    (wikipedia rivet)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
  • (figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
  • (obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)
  • Derived terms

    * rivet counter * pop rivet

    Verb

  • to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
  • to install rivets
  • to command the attention of.
  • * 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
  • The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.

    See also

    * riveters * riveting * riveter * rivets * riveted

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