different between durable vs steady
durable
English
Etymology
From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin d?r?bilis (“lasting, permanent”), from d?r? (“harden, make hard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d(j)????b?l/
Adjective
durable (comparative more durable, superlative most durable)
- Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.
Synonyms
- permanent
Antonyms
- weak
- vulnerable
- transitory
Translations
Noun
durable (plural durables)
- (economics) A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
Antonyms
- nondurable
Translations
Anagrams
- delubra
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin d?r?bilis.
Adjective
durable (epicene, plural durables)
- durable (able to resist wear; enduring)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin d?r?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /du??a.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /du??a.ble/
Adjective
durable (masculine and feminine plural durables)
- durable
- Synonym: durador
Related terms
- durabilitat
Further reading
- “durable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “durable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “durable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “durable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?r?bilis. See durer and -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
durable (plural durables)
- durable
- sustainable
Related terms
- durabilité
- durablement
- développement durable
See also
- écologique, vert
Further reading
- “durable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin d?r?bilis.
Adjective
durable (plural durables)
- durable
- Synonyms: duradero, perdurable
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steady
English
Alternative forms
- steddy, stedy
Etymology
From Middle English stede, stedi, stidi?, from Old English stæþþi?, from stæþ (“stead, bank”); equivalent to stathe +? -y or stead +? -y. Cognate with West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, Middle Dutch stedigh, German stätig, stetig.
Pronunciation
- enPR: st?d?i, IPA(key): /?st?di/
Adjective
steady (comparative steadier, superlative steadiest)
- Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
- Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts resolute.
- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
- Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute.
- 2003, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices: Inserts Only (page 10)
- During programmed changes, no steady green signal indication or flashing yellow signal indication shall be terminated and immediately followed by a steady red or flashing red signal indication without first displaying the steady yellow signal […]
- 2003, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices: Inserts Only (page 10)
- Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.
- Regular and even.
- Slow.
Synonyms
- (firm): robust, solid, untottering
- (constant in purpose or action): dogged, staunch, unyielding; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
- (smooth, not bumpy): fluid
- (regular and even): constant, uniform, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady
- (slow): glacial, ponderous, stately; see also Thesaurus:slow
Antonyms
- (regular and even): unsteady; see also Thesaurus:unsteady
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
steady (third-person singular simple present steadies, present participle steadying, simple past and past participle steadied)
- (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To stabilize; to prevent from shaking.
- I took a drink to steady my nerves.
- (intransitive) To become stable.
- 2010, Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan
- The ship steadied in the air. Another spray of ballast came, heavier than the last.
- 2010, Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan
Translations
Noun
steady (plural steadies)
- A rest or support, as for the hand, a tool, or a piece of work.
- (informal) A regular boyfriend or girlfriend.
- 2002, Frederick E. Von Burg, Keep My White Sneakers, Kit Carson, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 13:
- “Dalton is my steady, now. If I break up with him, you're the first on the list.” “Thanks,” said Ted. “What a privilege to be second choice.”
- 2002, Frederick E. Von Burg, Keep My White Sneakers, Kit Carson, iUniverse (?ISBN), page 13:
- (informal) A prostitute's regular customer.
Adverb
steady (not comparable)
- (rowing, informal) To row with pressure at a low stroke-rating, often 18 strokes per minute.
Further reading
- steady in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- steady in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- steady at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- stayed
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