Mobile vs. Phone — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mobile and Phone
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Mobile
Able to move or be moved freely or easily
He has a weight problem and is not very mobile
Highly mobile international capital
Phone
A telephone.
Mobile
Relating to mobile phones, handheld computers, and similar technology
A mobile device
The next generation of mobile networks
Phone
A speech sound considered without reference to its status as a phoneme or an allophone in a language.
Mobile
Able or willing to move easily or freely between occupations, places of residence, or social classes
An increasingly mobile society
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Phone
To make or try to make a telephone connection with; place a call to.
Mobile
An industrial city and port on the coast of southern Alabama; population 191,022 (est. 2008).
Phone
To dial (a specific number)
Phone 411 for directory assistance.
Mobile
Capable of moving or of being moved readily from place to place
A mobile organism.
A mobile missile system.
Phone
To impart (information or news, for example) by telephone.
Mobile
Of or relating to wireless communication devices, such as cellphones.
Phone
To telephone.
Mobile
Capable of moving or changing quickly from one state or condition to another
A mobile, expressive face.
Phone
A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.
Daragh's on the phone at the moment. He'll call you when he's finished.
My phone ran out of battery.
There's an old-fashioned phone in the doctor's waiting room - it doesn't work anymore, of course.
Mobile
Fluid; unstable
A mobile situation following the coup.
Phone
(phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Mobile
Marked by the easy intermixing of different social groups
A mobile community.
Phone
(transitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.
Phone me as soon as you land at the airport.
Mobile
Moving relatively easily from one social class or level to another
An upwardly mobile generation.
Phone
Colloq. for Telephone.
Mobile
Tending to travel and relocate frequently
A restless, mobile society.
Phone
A speech sound.
Mobile
Flowing freely; fluid
A mobile liquid.
Phone
Electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds;
I talked to him on the telephone
Mobile
(mōbēl′) A type of sculpture consisting of carefully equilibrated parts that move, especially in response to air currents.
Phone
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Mobile
A mobile phone.
Phone
Electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear;
It was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked
Mobile
Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.
A mobile home
Phone
Get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone;
I tried to call you all night
Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
Mobile
Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.
Mobile number
Mobile internet
Mobile
Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
Mercury is a mobile liquid.
Mobile
Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
Mobile
Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
Mobile features
Mobile
(biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
Mobile
(arts) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.
Mobile
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Mobile
The internet accessed via mobile devices.
There are many business opportunities in mobile
Mobile
One who or moves, or who can move (e.g. to travel to a different place).
Mobile
Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable.
Mobile
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.
Mobile
Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition.
Mobile
Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features.
Mobile
Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
Mobile
Capable of moving readily, or moving frequenty from place to place; as, a mobile work force.
Mobile
Having motor vehicles to permit movement from place to place; as, a mobile library; a mobile hospital.
Mobile
The mob; the populace.
Mobile
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.
Mobile
A river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
Mobile
A port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
Mobile
Sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts can be set in motion by air currents
Mobile
Moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place);
A mobile missile system
The tongue is...the most mobile articulator
Mobile
(of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently;
A restless mobile society
The nomadic habits of the Bedouins
Believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
Wandering tribes
Mobile
Having transportation available
Mobile
Capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to another;
A highly mobile face
Mobile
Affording change (especially in social status);
Britain is not a truly fluid society
Upwardly mobile
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