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Sustainability vs Steady - What's the difference?

sustainability | steady |

As nouns the difference between sustainability and steady

is that sustainability is the ability to sustain something while steady is (informal) a regular customer.

As an adjective steady is

firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.

As a verb steady is

to stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.

sustainability

English

(wikipedia sustainability)

Noun

  • The ability to sustain something.
  • (ecology) A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations.

    • Related terms

    * sustain * sustainable * sustenance

    Antonyms

    * unsustainability

    steady

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    Adjective

    (er)
  • Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
  • :
  • *Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
  • *:Their feet steady , their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts resolute.
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  • *:But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window,.
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  • *:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
  • Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute.
  • :
  • Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.
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  • Regular and even.
  • :
  • Slow.

    • Antonyms

    * unsteady

    Derived terms

    * go steady * going steady * * rock-steady * steadily * steadiness * steady as she goes * steady on * steady state

    Verb

  • To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.

    • Noun

    (steadies)
  • (informal) A regular customer.
  • * 2013 , Sheila Foster, Soho Whore
    • Some of my steadies wanted me to go out with them on a date. Occasionally I let one of them take me to a film or out for a meal.

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