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Electrical vs Digital - What's the difference?

electrical | digital |

As adjectives the difference between electrical and digital

is that electrical is related to electricity (or electronics) while digital is having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.

As nouns the difference between electrical and digital

is that electrical is an electrical engineer while digital is (finance) a digital option.

electrical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Related to electricity (or electronics)

    • Related terms

    * electromechanical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An electrical engineer.
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    digital

    English

    (wikipedia digital)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
  • Property of representing values as discrete numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
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    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.
  • Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
    • Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

    Antonyms

    * nondigital * undigital * (representing discrete values) analog, analogue

    Derived terms

    * digital computer * digitalize, digitalization * digital meter * digital storage

    Related terms

    * digitalis * digitate * digitigrade * digitality

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A digital option.
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