Auto vs Auton - What's the difference?
auto | auton |
automatic
An automobile.
A .
A setting for automatic operation.
A writ.
An automatic gearbox / transmission.
A car with an automatic gearbox / transmission.
(science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
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As nouns the difference between auto and auton
is that auto is an automobile while auton is a machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.As an adjective auto
is automatic of a gearbox / transmission.As a proper noun Auto
is an unincorporated community in West Virginia.auto
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , metanalyzed from (auto-) in words such as (automatic), (autopilot), and (automobile).Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (sense) automobile, car, motorcar; motor * (setting for automatic operation) automaticAntonyms
* (setting for automatic operation) manualDerived terms
* autorackSee also
* auto-Etymology 2
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* (l)Anagrams
* ----auton
English
Noun
(en noun)- Not far away in the woods the Auton had been standing motionless under a tree. It was shaped like a man but it was not human.
- "The Metrologan Order built the auton that was Ninth. How can you be so sure that she was not so well crafted that she really did have her own will?"
- Juan made seven attempts to pervert the auton'. One involved twelve hundred years of careful observation, timing the failure of various subsystems, maneuvering the ' auton into a position where he might take control and get transportation to resources in near space.