Electronic vs Automated - What's the difference?
electronic | automated |
(physics, chemistry): Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
Generated by an electronic device.
Of or pertaining to the Internet.
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As adjectives the difference between electronic and automated
is that electronic is : Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons while automated is made automatic.As a verb automated is
past tense of automate.electronic
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(-)citation, passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}