Mobile vs Motile - What's the difference?
mobile | motile |
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.
(biology) having the power to move spontaneously
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(psychology) of or relating to those mental images that arise from the sensations of bodily movement and position
In biology terms the difference between mobile and motile
is that mobile is capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement while motile is having the power to move spontaneously.As adjectives the difference between mobile and motile
is that mobile is capable of being moved while motile is having the power to move spontaneously.As a noun mobile
is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other (Wikipedia).As a proper noun Mobile
is a city in southwest Alabama.mobile
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