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Automatic vs Superautomatic - What's the difference?

automatic | superautomatic |

As adjectives the difference between automatic and superautomatic

is that automatic is capable of operating without external control or intervention while superautomatic is (of a coffee machine) having automatic features to grind the coffee, tamp it, and extract the espresso shot.

As a noun automatic

is a car with automatic transmission.

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

    superautomatic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a coffee machine) Having automatic features to grind the coffee, tamp it, and extract the espresso shot.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 11, author=James Kanter, title=European Officials Will Monitor Quality of the Espresso for Their Staffs, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The deluxe superautomatic coffee makers can grind the beans, select the quantity of milk and discard the spent coffee grounds, all at the touch of a button. }}