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Arrangement vs Mobile - What's the difference?

arrangement | mobile |

As nouns the difference between arrangement and mobile

is that arrangement is the act of arranging while mobile is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().

As an adjective mobile is

capable of being moved.

arrangement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of arranging.
  • The manner of being arranged.
  • A collection of things that have been arranged.
  • A particular way in which items are organized.
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  • (in the plural) Preparations for some undertaking.
  • An agreement.
  • (music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.
  • mobile

    English

    (wikipedia mobile)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Anagrams

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