Wonk vs Mobile - What's the difference?
wonk | mobile |
(derogatory) An overly studious person, particularly student; a nerd.
(by extension) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert.
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 wonk and mobile
is that wonk is (derogatory) an overly studious person, particularly student; a nerd while mobile is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().As an adjective mobile is
capable of being moved.wonk
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* policy wonk * wonkfestReferences
* *World Wide Words*
A.Word.A.Day--wonk
Anagrams
*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