Autistic vs Automatic - What's the difference?
autistic | automatic |
A person who has autism.
* 2006 , Alan Griswold, Autistic Symphony
Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
(computing, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
(maths, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata
A car with automatic transmission.
A semi-automatic firearm.
As adjectives the difference between autistic and automatic
is that autistic is pertaining to, or having autism while automatic is capable of operating without external control or intervention.As nouns the difference between autistic and automatic
is that autistic is a person who has autism while automatic is a car with automatic transmission.autistic
English
Noun
(en noun)- If our definition of empathy were to require we take the human cognitive norm (overwhelmingly influenced by neurotypical cognition) as the absolute standard by which to measure empathy, then indeed we would have to conclude autistics do not instinctively possess a good sense of empathy.
Synonyms
* autistHyponyms
* idiot savant (potentially offensive)automatic
English
Alternative forms
* automatickAdjective
(-)- The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device
- The reaction was automatic : flight!
Synonyms
* (without conscious thought) perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctiveAntonyms
* (capable of operating without external control) manual * (without conscious thought) voluntaryDerived terms
* automatically * automaticity * automatic transmission * automaticalNoun
(en noun)- I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic .