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Auto vs Manus - What's the difference?

auto | manus |

As nouns the difference between auto and manus

is that auto is an automobile while manus is a hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.

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

(-)
  • automatic

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An automobile.
  • A .
  • A setting for automatic operation.
  • A writ.
  • An automatic gearbox / transmission.
  • A car with an automatic gearbox / transmission.
    • Synonyms
    * (sense) automobile, car, motorcar; motor * (setting for automatic operation) automatic
    Antonyms
    * (setting for automatic operation) manual
    Derived terms
    * autorack
    See also
    * auto-

    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) An autorickshaw.

    • See also

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    manus

    English

    Noun

    (manus)
  • (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
  • (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.

    • Derived terms

    * amanuensis * Bimana * bimanous * command * immane * longimanous * mainpast * mainport * maintain * manacle * manciple * maniable * manichord * manicure * manifest * maniform * manilla * maniple * manitrunk * manner * manoeuvre * manual * manuduct * manufact * manufaction * manufacture * manmotive * manumotor * manuprisor * manuscribe * manuscript * manuscription * manutergium * manu-tract * massage * masturbate * mortmain * pedimane * Quadrumana