Are crystal field activation energy and stabilisation energy the same?

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Is the Crystal field activation energy and Crystal Field stabilisation energy the same thing? I've been looking all over the textbooks but I can't a good explanation for the former.
 

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Where have you seen the term "crystal field activation energy"?
 
In a past exam paper.

The exact question was:

''Explain what is meant by 'crystal field activation energy' and how it affects the stability of complexes.''
 
That is the first time that I have seen it called by that term. I have always seen it as simply "activation energy" for species "X". Try googling "ligand field activation energy".