Automobile vs Ambidextrous - What's the difference?
automobile | ambidextrous |
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
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Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Practising or siding with both parties.
* (rfdate) (w, L'Estrange)
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
As a noun automobile
is .As an adjective ambidextrous is
having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.automobile
English
(wikipedia automobile)Noun
(en noun)Philip J. Bushnell
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Usage notes
* The word automobile usually implies a car with seating for perhaps four or five passengers. * A vehicle with more than six or seven seats is usually described as a limousine, minivan, van, SUV, bus, etc.Synonyms
* (passenger vehicle) auto, car, (British) motor, (British) motorcar * See alsoCoordinate terms
* truck, van, bus, SUV, minivan, station wagon, sedan, coupe, convertible, sports car, racecar; wagon, cart, trailer, tractor; airplane, boat, shipVerb
ambidextrous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- (Sir Thomas Browne)
- All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings.