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Convertible vs Cabriolet - What's the difference?

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Cabriolet is a synonym of convertible.



As nouns the difference between convertible and cabriolet

is that convertible is a car whose roof can be removed or folded while cabriolet is an automobile with a retractable top.

As an adjective convertible

is able to be converted.

convertible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be converted
  • (obsolete) Capable of being turned or rotated
  • * 1635 , Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
  • The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
  • Capable of being exchanged or interchanged, reciprocal, interchangeable
  • * 1843 , '', book 3, ch. VI, ''Two Centuries
  • As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.
  • (finance) Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually common stock, at the holder's option
  • Antonyms

    * inconvertible

    Noun

    (wikipedia convertible) (en noun)
  • A car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • (finance) A hybrid security that can be converted into stock
  • A portable computer that can be physically converted between laptop and tablet configurations.
  • Synonyms

    * (car with removable roof) cabriolet, cabrio (used of European cars), drophead (British), landau, roadster

    See also

    * landaulet ----

    cabriolet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An automobile with a retractable top.
  • (originally) A light two-wheeled carriage with a folding top pulled by a single horse.
  • Synonyms

    * (automobile) convertible * (carriage pulled by a horse) roadster

    Derived terms

    * cab