Stable vs. Stabile — What's the Difference?

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.

Stabile is a surname derived from the medieval personal name Stabile (from Latin stabilis) and is mainly found among people from southern Italy.

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

A free-standing abstract sculpture or structure, typically of wire or sheet metal, in the style of a mobile but rigid and stationary.

A building set apart and adapted for keeping horses

Immobile; unchangeable; stable.

Put or keep (a horse) in a stable

An abstract sculpture, usually of sheet metal, resembling a mobile but having no moving parts.

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

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

Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation

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

Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring

(chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change

Enduring or permanent

Not able or intended to be moved;

Consistent or dependable

Not showing or marked by erratic or volatile emotions or behavior

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

(Chemistry) Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.

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

A group of animals lodged in such a building.

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;