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Automation vs Autonomy - What's the difference?

automation | autonomy |

As nouns the difference between automation and autonomy

is that automation is automation while autonomy is self-government; freedom to act or function independently.

automation

English

(wikipedia automation)

Noun

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  • The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
  • * 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/us/politics/race-for-president-leaves-income-slump-in-shadows.html?_r=1&hp]," New York Times (retrieved 24 October 2012):
    • The presidential campaign has been more focused on Bain Capital and an “apology tour” than on the challenges created by globalization and automation .

    Related terms

    * automat * automatic * automatization/automatisation * automatize/automatise * automaton

    autonomy

    English

    Noun

  • Self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
  • (label) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
  • (label) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
  • (label) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.

    • Synonyms

    * (self-government) nationhood, nationality, sovereignty, independence

    Antonyms

    * (self-government) dependency, nonautonomy, inoperability * (capacity to make independent decisions) heteronomy, incapacity

    Derived terms

    * autonomic * autonomous, autonomously