Automobile vs. Mobile — What's the Difference?

Self-moving; self-propelled.

Capable of moving or of being moved readily from place to place

A self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. Also called motorcar.

Able to move or be moved freely or easily

A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.

Relating to mobile phones, handheld computers, and similar technology

To travel by automobile.

Able or willing to move easily or freely between occupations, places of residence, or social classes

Of or relating to automobiles; automotive.

An industrial city and port on the coast of southern Alabama; population 191,022 (est. 2008).

A self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.

Of or relating to wireless communication devices, such as cellphones.

To travel in an automobile.

Capable of moving or changing quickly from one state or condition to another

4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine;

Fluid; unstable

Travel in an automobile

Marked by the easy intermixing of different social groups

Moving relatively easily from one social class or level to another

Tending to travel and relocate frequently

Flowing freely; fluid

(mōbēl′) A type of sculpture consisting of carefully equilibrated parts that move, especially in response to air currents.

A mobile phone.

Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.

Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.

Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.

Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.

Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.

(biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

(arts) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.

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The internet accessed via mobile devices.

One who or moves, or who can move (e.g. to travel to a different place).

Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable.

Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; as, benzine and mercury are mobile liquids; - opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.

Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.

Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features.

Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

Capable of moving readily, or moving frequenty from place to place; as, a mobile work force.

Having motor vehicles to permit movement from place to place; as, a mobile library; a mobile hospital.

The mob; the populace.

A form of sculpture having several sheets or rods of a stiff material attached to each other by thin wire or twine in a balanced and artfully arranged tree configuration, with the topmost member suspended in air from a support so that the parts may move independently when set in motion by a current of air.

A river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay

A port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay

Sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents

Moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place);

(of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently;

Having transportation available

Capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another;

Affording change (especially in social status);