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Palsy vs Mobile - What's the difference?

palsy | mobile |

As nouns the difference between palsy and mobile

is that palsy is (pathology) complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking while mobile is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().

As adjectives the difference between palsy and mobile

is that palsy is (colloquial) chummy, friendly while mobile is capable of being moved.

As a verb palsy

is to paralyse, either completely or partially.

palsy

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) paralisie, parleisie et al., from the accusative form of (etyl) paralysis, from (etyl) .

Noun

(palsies)
  • (pathology) Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
    • Synonyms
    * paralysis
    Derived terms
    * Bell's palsy * cerebral palsy

    Verb

  • To paralyse, either completely or partially.
  • * 1831, '', ''To The Public [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2928t.html]
    • In the month of August, I issued proposals for publishing "THE LIBERATOR" in Washington city; but the enterprise, though hailed in different sections of the country, was palsied by public indifference.

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Chummy, friendly.

    • External links

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    Anagrams

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    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

    * English heteronyms ----