Mobility vs. Portability — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mobility and Portability
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Mobility
The ability to move or be moved freely and easily
This exercise helps retain mobility in the damaged joints
Portability
Carried or moved with ease
A portable typewriter.
A portable generator.
Mobility
The quality or state of being mobile.
Portability
Capable of being transferred from one employer to another. Used of an employee benefit.
Mobility
The movement of people, as from one social group, class, or level to another
Upward mobility.
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Portability
(Computers) Relating to or being software that can run on two or more kinds of computers or with two or more kinds of operating systems.
Mobility
The ability to move; capacity for movement.
Portability
(Obsolete) Bearable; endurable.
Mobility
A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness.
Portability
Something, such as a light or small typewriter, that can be carried or moved with ease.
Mobility
(military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position.
Portability
The quality of being portable.
Mobility
The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement.
Portability
(software) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.
Mobility
People's ability to move between different social levels or professional occupations.
Portability
The ability of an employee to move between different social security schemes without losing their contributions.
Mobility
The quality or state of being mobile; as, the mobility of a liquid, of an army, of the populace, of features, of a muscle.
Portability
The ability of a telephone subscriber to keep his/her number when switching to a different network.
Mobility
The mob; the lower classes.
Portability
The quality or state of being portable; fitness to be carried.
Mobility
The quality of moving freely
Portability
The quality of being light enough to be carried
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