The difference between Automobile and Sedan

When used as nouns, automobile means a type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. a car or motorcar, whereas sedan means an enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.

Automobile is also verb with the meaning: to travel by automobile.

Automobile is also adjective with the meaning: self-moving.

check bellow for the other definitions of Automobile and Sedan

  1. Automobile as a noun (US, Canada):

    A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.

  1. Automobile as a verb (intransitive, dated):

    To travel by automobile.

  1. Automobile as an adjective:

    Self-moving; self-propelled.

  1. Sedan as a noun:

    An enclosed windowed chair suitable for a single occupant, carried by at least two porters, in equal numbers in front and behind, using wooden rails that passed through metal brackets on the sides of the chair.

  2. Sedan as a noun (US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand):

    An automobile designed in a configuration with separate compartments for engine space, driver/passenger space and luggage space.

  1. Sedan as a noun:

    A handbarrow for transporting fish.

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