Grandfather vs Mobile - What's the difference?
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To retain existing laws or rules only for those people or organisations that were previously affected by them, and apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.
Capable of being moved.
By agency of mobile phones.
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Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
* Hawthorne
Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
(biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
A sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().
A mobile phone ().
Something that can move.
As nouns the difference between grandfather and mobile
is that grandfather is a father of someone’s parent while mobile is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().As a verb grandfather
is to retain existing laws or rules only for those people or organisations that were previously affected by them, and apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.As an adjective mobile is
capable of being moved.grandfather
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia grandfather)Synonyms
* granddad, grandad, grandaddy * grandsire * grandpa, granpa, grandpappy, granpappy, gramps * eldfather/elderfather * popsAntonyms
* (with regard to gender) grandmother * (with regard to ancestry) grandson, granddaughter, grandchildHyponyms
* paternal grandfather * maternal grandfatherHypernyms
* grandparentDerived terms
* grandfather clock * grandfather clause * great grandfather, great-grandfatherEtymology 2
From (m). See etymology 1 and (m).Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* (l) 1000 English basic wordsmobile
English
(wikipedia mobile)Adjective
(en adjective)citation
- Mercury is a mobile liquid.
- (Testament of Love)
- the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition
- mobile features
