Mobile vs. Movable — What's the Difference?

Able to move or be moved freely or easily

Capable of being moved

Relating to mobile phones, handheld computers, and similar technology

(of property) of the nature of a chattel, as distinct from land or buildings

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

Property or possessions not including land or buildings

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

Possible to move

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

Varying in date from year to year

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

(Law) Of or relating to personal property (that is, property that can be moved).

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

Something, especially a piece of furniture, that can be moved.

Fluid; unstable

Movables(Law) Personal property.

Marked by the easy intermixing of different social groups

Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary

Moving relatively easily from one social class or level to another

Changing from one time to another

Tending to travel and relocate frequently

Something which is movable; an article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.

Flowing freely; fluid

Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.

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

Changing from one time to another; as, movable feasts, i. e., church festivals, the date of which varies from year to year.

A mobile phone.

An article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.

Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.

Property not attached to the soil.

Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.

(of personal property as opposed to real estate) can be moved from place to place (especially carried by hand)

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

Capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another

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);