Difference between Portable and Movable

What is the difference between Portable and Movable?

Portable as an adjective is able to be carried or easily moved. while Movable as an adjective is 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.

Portable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Able to be carried or easily moved. Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse. Any temporary building that is portable, especially one located at a school. A hand-held video gaming device. a portable computer

Example sentence: My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.

Movable

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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.

Part of speech: adjective

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

We hope you now know whether to use Portable or Movable in your sentence.

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