Transportation vs Mobilization - What's the difference?
transportation | mobilization |
The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
(historical) Deportation to a penal colony.
(US) A means of conveyance.
(US) A ticket or fare.
* 1898 , Willa Cather, The Westbound Train
The act of mobilizing
The marshalling of troops and national resources in preparation for war.
The process by which the armed forces of a nation are brought to a state of readiness for a conflict.
(geology) The softening of rock such that geochemical migration can take place
(genetics) The transport of a copy of a gene from one chromosome, or one organism to another
As nouns the difference between transportation and mobilization
is that transportation is transportation while mobilization is the act of mobilizing.transportation
English
Noun
(-)- We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation .
- Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation .
- Nice transportation , dude, but your brake lights are busted.
- Sybil: [..] That reminds me, I haven't got my passes yet! Have you the transportation here from Cheyenne to San Francisco for Mrs. S. Johnston?"
- (Agent looks grave, goes back and fumbles at the papers on his desk, returns to the window with a slip of paper in his hand.)
- Agent: "We had transportation here made out for such a person, but it was called for several hours ago."
