Mews vs. Stable — What's the Difference?

Mews is a British name for a row or courtyard of stables and carriage houses with living quarters above them, built behind large city houses before motor vehicles replaced horses in the early twentieth century. Mews are usually located in desirable residential areas having been built to cater for the horses, coachmen and stable-servants of prosperous residents.

A stable is a building in which livestock, especially horses, are kept. It most commonly means a building that is divided into separate stalls for individual animals and livestock.

A cage for hawks, especially when molting.

(of an object or structure) not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed

A secret place; a hideaway.

A building set apart and adapted for keeping horses

A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments.

Put or keep (a horse) in a stable

A small street, alley, or courtyard on which such buildings stand.

Resistant to change of position or condition; not easily moved or disturbed

A high-pitching crying sound, especially that of a cat.

Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation

A migratory gull (Larus canus) that breeds in northern Eurasia and northwest North America.

Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring

To confine in or as if in a cage.

Enduring or permanent

To molt. Used of a hawk.

Consistent or dependable

To make a high-pitched, crying sound, as that of a cat.

Not showing or marked by erratic or volatile emotions or behavior

(British) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.

(Physics) Having no known mode of decay; indefinitely long-lived. Used of atomic particles.

(falconry) A place where birds of prey are housed.

(Chemistry) Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.

Plural of mew

A building for the shelter and feeding of certain domestic animals, especially horses.

An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place.

A group of animals lodged in such a building.

Street lined with building that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings;

All the racehorses belonging to a single owner or racing establishment.

The personnel employed to keep and train such a group of racehorses.

A group, as of athletes or entertainers, under common management

To put or keep in a stable.

To live in a stable.

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

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

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

(sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

(professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.

A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.

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

(intransitive) to dwell in a stable.

To park (a rail vehicle).

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

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

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

Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.

Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.

Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.

So placed as to resist forces tending to cause motion; of such structure as to resist distortion or molecular or chemical disturbance; - said of any body or substance.

To fix; to establish.

To put or keep in a stable.

To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.

A farm building for housing horses or other livestock

Shelter in a stable;

Resistant to change of position or condition;

Firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation;

Not taking part readily in chemical change

Maintaining equilibrium

Showing little if any change;