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Mobile vs Rangoon - What's the difference?

mobile | rangoon |

As proper nouns the difference between mobile and rangoon

is that mobile is a city in southwest Alabama while Rangoon is yangon, which was the capital of Burma or Myanmar before Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw was made the capital.

As an adjective mobile

is capable of being moved.

As a noun mobile

is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other (Wikipedia).

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

    * English heteronyms ----

    rangoon

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Yangon, which was the capital of Burma or Myanmar before Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw was made the capital.
  • Usage notes

    "Rangoon" was the historical spelling, based on the pronunciation of the city's autonym in the Rakhine dialect of Burmese. It is still widely used.the US government still used it as of March 15, 2007 (in the CIA World Factbook) The spelling Yangon, preferred by the Burmese, has also become widely accepted.

    Derived terms

    * Rangoonese

    References

    Anagrams

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