Stable vs. Concerned

Stable vs. Concerned — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Stable and Concerned

Stablenoun

A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.

There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

Concernedadjective

Showing concern.

There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news.

Stablenoun

(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

Concernedadjective

Involved or responsible.

The people concerned have been punished.

Stablenoun

(Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

Concernedverb

simple past tense and past participle of concern

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Stablenoun

An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

Concernedadjective

feeling or showing worry or solicitude;

concerned parents of youthful offenderswas concerned about the futurewe feel concerned about accomplishing the task at handgreatly concerned not to disappoint a small child

Stableverb

(transitive) to put or keep (an animal) in a stable.

Concernedadjective

involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in;

a memorandum to those concernedan enterprise in which three men are concernedfactors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemicsthe interested parties met to discuss the business

Stableverb

(intransitive) to dwell in a stable.

Concernedadjective

in relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases;

as far as x is concernedwhere x is concerned
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Stableverb

to park (a rail vehicle)

Concernedadjective

culpably involved;

all those concerned in the bribery case have been identifiednamed three officials implicated in the plotan innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime

Stableadjective

Relatively unchanging, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.

He was in a stable relationship.a stable government

Stableadjective

(computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.

You should download the 1.9 version of that video editing software: it is the latest stable version. The newer beta version has some bugs.

Stableadjective

That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.

Stablenoun

a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

Stableverb

shelter in a stable;

stable horses

Stableadjective

resistant to change of position or condition;

a stable laddera stable peacea stable relationshipstable prices

Stableadjective

firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation;

the economy is stable

Stableadjective

not taking part readily in chemical change

Stableadjective

maintaining equilibrium

Stableadjective

showing little if any change;

a static population