Immovable vs Immobilized - What's the difference?
immovable | immobilized |
Incapable of being physically moved; fixed.
Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 101:
Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive.
(legal) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed.
(immobilize)
Subject to immobilization.
To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
As adjectives the difference between immovable and immobilized
is that immovable is incapable of being physically moved; fixed while immobilized is subject to immobilization.As a noun immovable
is that which can not be moved; something which is immovable.As a verb immobilized is
past tense of immobilize.immovable
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Alternative forms
* immoveableAdjective
(en adjective)- I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable .
- (Dryden)
- an immovable estate
Antonyms
* movableReferences
*immobilized
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)immobilize
English
Alternative forms
* immobiliseVerb
(en-verb)- It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it.