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Locomotion vs Mobility - What's the difference?

locomotion | mobility |

As nouns the difference between locomotion and mobility

is that locomotion is the ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so while mobility is the condition of being mobile.

locomotion

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
  • (biology) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming or flying.
  • Derived terms

    * locomotive * locomotor ----

    mobility

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being mobile
  • (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is mobile
  • (countable) The movement of people or things
  • (uncountable) Ease of movement between economic conditions
  • Derived terms

    * mobility scooter * personal transportation mobility * social mobility * sustainable mobililty * urban mobility

    See also

    * congestion