Mobile vs Portable - What's the difference?
mobile | portable |
Capable of being moved.
By agency of mobile phones.
* {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=
, passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
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.
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
Portable is a synonym of mobile.
As adjectives the difference between mobile and portable
is that mobile is capable of being moved while portable is able to be carried or easily moved.As nouns the difference between mobile and portable
is that mobile is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other (Wikipedia) while portable is a portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse.As a proper noun Mobile
is a city in southwest Alabama.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
