Stable vs. Static — 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.

Having no motion; being at rest; quiescent.

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

Fixed; stationary.

A building set apart and adapted for keeping horses

(Physics) Of or relating to bodies at rest or forces that balance each other.

Put or keep (a horse) in a stable

(Electricity) Of, relating to, or producing stationary charges; electrostatic.

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

Interference or noise, such as crackling in a receiver, produced when static or atmospheric electricity disturbs signal reception.

Not subject to sudden or extreme change or fluctuation

Back talk.

Maintaining equilibrium; self-restoring

Interference; obstruction.

Enduring or permanent

Angry or heated criticism.

Consistent or dependable

; that cannot or does not change.

Not showing or marked by erratic or volatile emotions or behavior

Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.

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

; fixed in place; having no motion.

(Chemistry) Not easily decomposed or otherwise modified chemically.

(programming) computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.

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

(object-oriented programming) defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.

A group of animals lodged in such a building.

(uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

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

Interference or obstruction from people.

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

(uncountable) Static electricity.

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

(countable) A static caravan.

To put or keep in a stable.

Verbal abuse.

To live in a stable.

A static variable.

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

Resting; acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.

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

Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.

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

A crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference

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

Angry criticism;

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

Not active or moving;

A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.

Not in physical motion;

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

Concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity;

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

Showing little if any change;

(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;