Prise vs Mobile - What's the difference?
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To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
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.
As nouns the difference between prise and mobile
is that prise is (obsolete) an enterprise while mobile is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().As a verb prise
is to force (open) with a lever; to pry.As an adjective mobile is
capable of being moved.prise
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Alternative forms
* (verb) prizeSee also
* priceVerb
(pris)- 1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — , The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
- c. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! — Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata
- 2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. — BBC News
Anagrams
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(wikipedia mobile)Adjective
(en adjective)citation
- Mercury is a mobile liquid.
- (Testament of Love)
- the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition
- mobile features