Portable vs Immovable - What's the difference?
portable | immovable |
Able to be carried or easily moved.
(computing) Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
A portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse.
Any temporary building that is portable, especially one located at a school.
(video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
(computing) a portable computer
Incapable of being physically moved; fixed.
Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 101:
Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive.
(legal) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed.
As adjectives the difference between portable and immovable
is that portable is able to be carried or easily moved while immovable is incapable of being physically moved; fixed.As nouns the difference between portable and immovable
is that portable is a portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse while immovable is that which can not be moved; something which is immovable.portable
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Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* hand-portable * man-portable * portableness * portabilitySee also
* hand-held * transportableNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (portable toilet ): portable toilet, port-a-john, porta-kybo, portaloo, porta-potty, port-a-san, port-o-let, sani-privy, turdisimmovable
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Alternative forms
* immoveableAdjective
(en adjective)- I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable .
- (Dryden)
- an immovable estate
