The difference between Immobile and Stationary

When used as adjectives, immobile means not mobile, not movable, whereas stationary means not moving.


Stationary is also noun with the meaning: one who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

check bellow for the other definitions of Immobile and Stationary

  1. Immobile as an adjective:

    not mobile, not movable

  2. Immobile as an adjective:

    fixed, unable to be moved

  1. Stationary as an adjective:

    Not moving.

    Examples:

    "The train remained stationary for a few moments, before lurching forward along the track."

  2. Stationary as an adjective:

    incapable of being moved

  3. Stationary as an adjective:

    unchanging

  1. Stationary as a noun:

    One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Holland"

  2. Stationary as a noun: