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Analog vs Acoustic - What's the difference?

analog | acoustic |

As adjectives the difference between analog and acoustic

is that analog is analogue (being represented by a continuously variable physical quantity) while acoustic is pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.

As a noun acoustic is

(medicine) a medicine or other agent to assist hearing.

analog

English

Alternative forms

* analogue (Commonwealth)

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)
  • Antonyms

    * digital * discrete

    Derived terms

    * analog circuit * analog computer * analog meter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else
  • (countable, biology) an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin
  • (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element
  • acoustic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * acoustick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
  • (music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano.
  • Derived terms

    * acoustically

    Derived terms

    * acoustics: the science of sound * acoustic duct: the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear. * acoustic guitar * acoustic telegraph: a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone, notably used on ships * acoustic vessels: brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.