Stability vs. Sustainability

Stabilitynoun

The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change.

Sustainabilitynoun

The ability to sustain something.

Stabilitynoun

The tendency to recover from perturbations.

Sustainabilitynoun

(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.

Stabilitynoun

The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.

Sustainabilitynoun

the property of being sustainable

Stabilitynoun

Steadiness or firmness of character; firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.

Sustainability

Sustainability is the capacity to endure in a relatively ongoing way across various domains of life. In the 21st century, it refers generally to the capacity for Earth's biosphere and human civilization to co-exist.

Stabilitynoun

Fixedness; - as opposed to fluidity.

‘Since fluidness and stability are contrary qualities.’;

Stabilitynoun

the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast

Stabilitynoun

a stable order

Stabilitynoun

the quality of being free from change or variation