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Sedan vs Convertible - What's the difference?

sedan | convertible |

As nouns the difference between sedan and convertible

is that sedan is while convertible is a car whose roof can be removed or folded.

As an adjective convertible is

able to be converted.

sedan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.
  • (US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) A motorcar designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.
  • * 1986 May, Jack Keebler, U.S. Family Sedans - traditional techology takes on state of the art'', '' , page 24,
    • What we are observing in this sedan' square-off is the cumulative effect of modern design technology on the family ' sedan .
  • * 1996 , Dennis Adler, Fifties Flashback: The American Car , 2004, page 22,
    • In addition there was a companion four-door sedan , mounted on the C- 38 Series 121.5-inch platform and equipped with the 1 14-horsepower L-head six.
  • * 2005 , Dennis W. Parks, American Hot Rod: How to Build a Hot Rod with Boyd Coddington , page 115,
    • The 1929 Model A Tudor sedan on these pages will receive a mild top chop of 3 inches, combined with the installation of a rear delivery door and a filled roof.

    Derived terms

    * sedanlike

    Synonyms

    * (chair carried by porters) litter, sedan chair * (body style of a car) saloon (UK)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    convertible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be converted
  • (obsolete) Capable of being turned or rotated
  • * 1635 , Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
    • The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
  • Capable of being exchanged or interchanged, reciprocal, interchangeable
  • * 1843 , '', book 3, ch. VI, ''Two Centuries
    • As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.
  • (finance) Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually common stock, at the holder's option

    • Antonyms

    * inconvertible

    Noun

    (wikipedia convertible) (en noun)
  • A car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • (finance) A hybrid security that can be converted into stock
  • A portable computer that can be physically converted between laptop and tablet configurations.

    • Synonyms

    * (car with removable roof) cabriolet, cabrio (used of European cars), drophead (British), landau, roadster

    See also

    * landaulet ----