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It says in the manual, 2. Compensates for vertical camera shake and overcomes blur, effective on subjects moving horizontal to the camera. That is all it says about the second stabilization mode.
Regular stabilization is for when you're stationary and handholding. The other mode of stabilization is for the same thing, but you're shooting on a moving vehicle/structure. For example, if you're on a boat.
Remember, stabilization reduces camera shake, not deliberate/major camera movement. If you shake the lens around, stabilization will make that shake smoother, but it won't change where you're pointing things. It really doesn't work miracles, it just helps you with a couple stops or so of shake (so if you are shooting at 1/200, you might get the same results you would've gotten at 1/400, or maybe 1/800). Also, remember that when a manufacturer states that the stabilization accounts for X stops, that's at a particular measurement (ie. 400mm at 1/400 of a second). That measurement isn't the same for every setting. Sometimes stabilization only helps with a stop of shake, sometimes it's 3 stops, sometimes it's more... just depends.