Quay vs Mobile - What's the difference?
quay | mobile |
(nautical) A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
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 quay and mobile
is that quay is (nautical) a stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf while mobile is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().As a verb quay
is to land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".As an adjective mobile is
capable of being moved.quay
English
(wikipedia quay)Alternative Forms
*cayNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* quaysideVerb
(en verb)See also
* dock; pier; float; cay; harbour, harbor; mole; riprap; wharf ----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