Convertible vs Cabriolet - What's the difference?
convertible | cabriolet | Synonyms |
Able to be converted
(obsolete) Capable of being turned or rotated
* 1635 , Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
Capable of being exchanged or interchanged, reciprocal, interchangeable
* 1843 , '', book 3, ch. VI, ''Two Centuries
(finance) Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually common stock, at the holder's option
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.
An automobile with a retractable top.
(originally) A light two-wheeled carriage with a folding top pulled by a single horse.
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)- The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
- As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.