As nouns the difference between portable and megaphone
is that portable is a portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse while megaphone is a portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction or megaphone can be (organic compound) a cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel aniba megaphylla .
As an adjective portable
is able to be carried or easily moved.
As a verb megaphone is
(intransitive) to use a megaphone.
portable
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Able to be carried or easily moved.
(computing) Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
Derived terms
* hand-portable
* man-portable
* portableness
* portability
See also
* hand-held
* transportable
Noun
(
en noun)
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
Synonyms
* (portable toilet ): portable toilet, port-a-john, porta-kybo, portaloo, porta-potty, port-a-san, port-o-let, sani-privy, turdis
megaphone
English
Etymology 1
From .
Noun
(
en noun)
A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
Synonyms
* speaking trumpet
Hypernyms
* loudhailer, blowhorn
Hyponyms
* bullhorn, the modern electronic amplification version
Derived terms
* megaphonic
* megaphonist
Verb
(megaphon)
(intransitive) To use a megaphone.
Etymology 2
Named for the root Aniba megaphylla + .
Noun
(-)
(organic compound) a cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla .
