Stationary vs. Stationery · distinguish their meanings and uses

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Your new ahaStationary means not moving while stationery refers to writing materials

Stationary means unmoving, and a handy trick links stationery's E to envelope for writing materials. Source: Wiktionary: stationary ↗

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