Bionic vs Artificial - What's the difference?
bionic | artificial |
(not comparable) Related to bionics.
Of a biological organism, having been enhanced by electronic or mechanical parts; cyborg.
superhuman
Man-made; of artifice.
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False, misleading.
Unnatural.
As adjectives the difference between bionic and artificial
is that bionic is (not comparable) related to bionics while artificial is man-made; of artifice.bionic
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(en adjective)artificial
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(en adjective)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.}}