Automate vs Computerize - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between automate and computerize

is that automate is to replace or enhance human labor with machines while computerize is to equip with a computer or a computer system.

(en-verb)

To replace or enhance human labor with machines.

Many offices still need to automate .

* computerise (non-Oxford British spelling)

(computeriz)

(computing) To equip with a computer or a computer system.

(computing) To enter data into such a system.

(computing) To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.