What's the difference between equable and equanimity?

Equable


Definition:

  • (a.) Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.
  • (a.) Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It added: "The NSA ask is not static and retaining 'equability' will remain a challenge for the near future."
  • (2) Auerbach has disappeared before I can broach the subject, but Carney is equable.
  • (3) The North Sea is characterised by equable temperatures.
  • (4) She says this entirely equably, without boast or rancour.
  • (5) "What happens is, I'm pretty equable and pretty much the same most of the time," he says with a shrug.
  • (6) On the contrary, the long equable solenoid of nucleosomes provides complete protection of histone H5.
  • (7) Because of the more equable range of temperatures, less work on seasonality has been done in the tropics.
  • (8) In contrast, for the M + M combination there was an equable distribution of either tomato cpDNA or that of S. lycopersicoides among the 34 hybrid plants.
  • (9) From day 15 to day 20 after parturition the cell height of coherent surface epithelium and uterine glands became equable and stabilized (16-32 microns), and the lamina propria assumed its cellular nature with marked infiltration of polymorphonuclears and lymphocytes.
  • (10) For drivers it could mean huge savings on fuel: the RAC believes the average motorist could save up to £620 a year by driving more equably.
  • (11) Five-year-experiences have shown that a considerably intensified tolerance of the skin and an absorption equability of tissues and bones and muscles are obtained with the hard ray roentgen irradiator, RT 305, for half-value depths from 20 mm to 70 mm H-2O and half-value thickness to about 7 mm Cu.
  • (12) How do we take the power we need to make a new, equable, constitutional settlement?
  • (13) Termite hills and rodent borrows were the most productive habitats, an observation accounted for by the predilection of sandflies to seek microhabitats offering high humidities and equable temperatures to avoid high summer temperature and low relative humidities of outside environment.

Equanimity


Definition:

  • (n.) Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The now 8th Earl of Lucan has treated such sightings with weary equanimity, once saying: “I get a little tired when former Scotland Yard detectives at the end of their careers get commissions to write books which happen to send them to sunny destinations around the world.
  • (2) New Yorkers demonstrated an excess of the equanimity for which they are known in reaction to the news.
  • (3) But again and again, I have been struck by the equanimity displayed by Athens.
  • (4) Richard Wiseman , a professor of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, who also makes cool videos for the web, has had his share of haters, and greets that with equanimity.
  • (5) Devon manages to maintain a cheerful impression of equanimity.
  • (6) "Oh yeah, those guys are great," he replies when reminded, with an equanimity that belies his ambition.
  • (7) He has accepted the realities of the commercial position with great equanimity - more than I would have done.
  • (8) As for Axelrod, the adviser famous for equanimity, ruffled appearance and a world-weary manner, it is a surprise that he wants to return to the campaign ring.
  • (9) The nut-nougat cream enjoys enormous popularity as a spread for bread so that even large food undertakings cannot face this development with equanimity.
  • (10) Some people handle potentially devastating news with equanimity, but for me it was the start of a full digestion of the grim truth, a process marked by nothing if not high anxiety.
  • (11) His eponymous foundation has raised more than $350m to fund research into Parkinson's and despite facing hurdles that would fell many – the Bush administration's opposition to stem cell research, for example – he has continued with determined equanimity.
  • (12) Yet parents are told their children are at risk, no one knows our names, and hospital administrators and medical staffs watch us come and go with equanimity.
  • (13) Given Mr Trump’s equanimity with other flaws in his history, we can only assume it’s a bombshell of unusual size.” Trump said in an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday that he would not overrule legal advice not to publicly disclose his tax returns before an audit is complete - including if the audit is not completed before November’s election.
  • (14) The singer has not spoken in detail about the prospect of swapping the stage for the assault course, but he will have pleased the South Korean authorities by accepting his fate with equanimity.
  • (15) The president is not really that powerful.” Toiling in the bowels of online muck has no discernible effect on Mikkelson’s equanimity.
  • (16) A rise in US interest rates will be met with equanimity across the world, argue the optimists, because everyone else is in better shape, if not growing quite as strongly.
  • (17) There’s an equanimity, an impermeability and a courage that you need.
  • (18) Her equanimity towards the director is calculated to defend her from a permanent position of victimhood.
  • (19) It’s just that I like the equanimity of living in my own zone.” He is suspicious of literary festivals, for all that he can pull in the crowds.
  • (20) Thus, both surgeon and patient may embark on this hazardous course with a much greater degree of security and equanimity.