different between movability vs mobility

English

move +? -ability

movability (countable and uncountable, plural movabilities)

The condition of being movable; ability or capacity to be moved.
The ability to move (oneself).
- 1875 July to December, The Dublin Journal of Medical Science, volume LX, page 501:
  His progressive improvement will be best indicated by noting briefly the increase in his movability. When admitted, 15th April, he could barely put his hands to his mouth; 17th, was able to turn on his back; 20th, could partly raise himself […]
- 2012, Maryann Phillips, Sticks and Stones, Xlibris Corporation (?ISBN), page 466:
  Helping him through months of physiotherapy, trying to help him regain his memory as well as his movability. […]

From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin m?bilit?s (“mobility”).

mobility (countable and uncountable, plural mobilities)

The ability to move; capacity for movement. [from 15th c.]
- 2015, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian, 15 June:
  I find the enduring existence of high heels both a frustrating mystery and a testament to the triumph of women’s neuroses over their mobility.
(now chiefly literary) A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness. [from 16th c.]
(military) The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position. [from 18th c.]
(chiefly physics) The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement. [from 19th c.]
(chiefly sociology) People's ability to move between different social levels or professional occupations. [from 19th c.]

Send