Let \(f:M\rightarrow M\) be a homeomorphism on a closed manifold M. Let \(\widetilde{M}\) be a universal covering of M and \(\widetilde{f}\) be a lifting of f to \(\widetilde{M}\) . We prove that topological stability for f on M induces relative topological stability for \(\widetilde{f}\) on \(\widetilde{M}\) . Conversely, we also prove that the relative topological stability for \(\widetilde{f}\) with a leafwise condition induces topological stability for f. Finally, we construct a homeomorphism on \(\widetilde{M}\) which is relatively N-expansive, but is not relatively \((N-1)\) -expansive.