Activate vs Mobilize - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between activate and mobilize

is that activate is to put into action, to put to work while mobilize is to make something mobile.

(activat)

To put into action, to put to work.

To turn on.

* actuate

* deactivate

* English ergative verbs

* (Commonwealth) mobilise

(mobiliz)

To make something mobile.

To assemble troops and their equipment in a coordinated fashion so as to be ready for war.

To become made ready for war.