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Protective vs Portable - What's the difference?

protective | portable |

As adjectives the difference between protective and portable

is that protective is serving, intended or wishing to protect while portable is able to be carried or easily moved.

As nouns the difference between protective and portable

is that protective is (british) something that protects while portable is a portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse.

protective

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Serving, intended or wishing to protect.

    • Derived terms

    * protective custody

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) Something that protects.
  • A condom.

    • 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