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Autograph vs Automatic - What's the difference?

autograph | automatic |

As nouns the difference between autograph and automatic

is that autograph is a person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person while automatic is a car with automatic transmission.

As adjectives the difference between autograph and automatic

is that autograph is written in the author’s own handwriting while automatic is capable of operating without external control or intervention.

As a verb autograph

is to sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc.

autograph

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
  • A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
  • Synonyms

    * signature, inscription * original

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Written in the author’s own handwriting.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
  • To write something in one's own handwriting
  • automatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * automatick

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
  • The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device
  • Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
  • The reaction was automatic : flight!
  • (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
  • Synonyms

    * (without conscious thought) perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctive

    Antonyms

    * (capable of operating without external control) manual * (without conscious thought) voluntary

    Derived terms

    * automatically * automaticity * automatic transmission * automatical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A car with automatic transmission.
  • I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic .
  • A semi-automatic firearm.
  • Antonyms

    * (car with automatic transmission) stick, stickshift; manual transmission; standard transmission