Stable vs. Stabile

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

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.

Stabilenoun

Abstract sculpture or structure of wire, sheet metal, etc.

Stablenoun

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

Stabilenoun

a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support

Stablenoun

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

Stabileadjective

(chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change

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Stablenoun

An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

Stabileadjective

not able or intended to be moved;

the immovable hills

Stableverb

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

Stableverb

(intransitive) to dwell in a stable.

Stableverb

to park (a rail vehicle)

Stableadjective

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

He was in a stable relationship.a stable government
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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