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Manila vs Mobile - What's the difference?

manila | mobile |

As proper nouns the difference between manila and mobile

is that manila is the capital of the Philippines, located on the island of Luzon while Mobile is a city in southwest Alabama.

As adjectives the difference between manila and mobile

is that manila is of or pertaining to Manila or Manilla, the capital of the Philippines; made in, or exported from, that city while mobile is capable of being moved.

As nouns the difference between manila and mobile

is that manila is fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper while mobile is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other (Wikipedia).

manila

English

(wikipedia Manila)

Alternative forms

* Manilla (nonstandard) * May Nilad (historical)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The capital of the Philippines, located on the island of Luzon.

    • Derived terms

    * Manila cheroot * Manila cigar * Manila hemp * Manila paper

    Anagrams

    * * * * * * ----

    mobile

    English

    (wikipedia mobile)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being moved.
  • By agency of mobile phones.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine= citation
    • , passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
  • Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
    • Mercury is a mobile liquid.
  • Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
    • (Testament of Love)
  • * Hawthorne
    • the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition
  • Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
    • mobile features
  • (biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

    • Antonyms

    * fixed * immobile * sessile

    Derived terms

    * MASH * mobile library * mobile phone * mobile station

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * mobility * mobilize * mobilization * move

    External links

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    Anagrams

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