secure vs stable

secure

adj
  • Firm and not likely to fail; stable. 

  • Free from the danger of theft; safe. 

  • Certain to be achieved or gained; assured. 

  • Free from attack or danger; protected. 

  • Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret. 

  • Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of. 

  • Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid. 

  • Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable. 

verb
  • To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping. 

  • To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly. 

  • To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect. 

  • To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of. 

stable

adj
  • Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed. 

  • 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. 

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

  • A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers. 

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

  • All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner. 

  • An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together. 

  • A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline. 

  • A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp. 

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

  • to dwell in a stable. 

  • to park (a rail vehicle). 

How often have the words secure and stable occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )