Mobile vs Startling - What's the difference?
mobile | startling |
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.
Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.
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As adjectives the difference between mobile and startling
is that mobile is capable of being moved while startling is likely to startle; surprising; shocking.As a noun mobile
is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().As a verb startling is
.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
Antonyms
* fixed * immobile * sessileDerived terms
* MASH * mobile library * mobile phone * mobile stationNoun
(en noun)External links
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* English heteronyms ----startling
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
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