movable vs mobile
Definitions
adjective
- (of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)
- capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
noun
- personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
Examples
It has also been claimed that part or all of the device's memory can be mounted on a host computer's desktop as a removable storage device.
This is then stacked into windrows or movable racks under a roofed area, and the piles are periodically aerated.
It also boasts an unmatched ventilation and antifog system, removable interior cheek pads and a sturdy chinstrap that can be removed to allow cleaning or replacement.
Definitions
adjective
- affording change (especially in social status)
- migratory
- moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place)
- capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another
- having transportation available
noun
- sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
Examples
A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
You can do a lot of that from our facility, but eventually a mobile system to inspect parts on wing is where we are going to be positioned.
Use of a University-owned mobile telephone and mobile telephone airtime service is intended for official University business.
