different between stationary vs stationer

English

Etymology

From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from st? (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ste??(?)n(?)?i/
• (US) enPR: st??sh?-n?r'?, IPA^(key): /?ste????n??i/
• Homophone: stationery
• Hyphenation: sta?tion?ary

Adjective

stationary (not comparable)

1. Not moving.

   The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track.

2. incapable of being moved
3. unchanging

Synonyms

• (not moving): fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving
• (incapable of being moved): immobile, unmoveable
• (unchanging): changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging

Antonyms

• (not moving): in motion, moving, on the move
• (incapable of being moved): mobile, moveable
• (unchanging): changing, mutable, variable

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

stationary (plural stationaries)

1. One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

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2. Misspelling of stationery.

See also

• stationary point
• stationery

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin stati?n?rius (surface analysis station +? -er), used of a bookseller who had a fixed station, especially at universities. Doublet of stationary.

Noun

stationer (plural stationers)

1. A person or business that sells stationery.

Related terms

• stationery
• stationer's

Translations

Anagrams

• attornies, itasetron, nitrosate, restation

Swedish

Noun

stationer

1. indefinite plural of station