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Menu vs Manual - What's the difference?

menu | manual |

As nouns the difference between menu and manual

is that menu is the details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare while manual is a handbook.

As an adjective manual is

performed with the hands (of an activity).

As a proper noun Manual is

a given name derived from Spanish: a rare spelling variant of Manuel, sometimes considered erratic.

menu

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
  • A printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant.
  • (computing) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a mouse or other pointing device under a graphical user interface, but usually also controllable from the keyboard.
  • Derived terms

    * user menu

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

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    manual

    English

    (wikipedia manual)

    Alternative forms

    * manuall (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) manuel, from

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A handbook.
  • A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine.
  • (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
  • A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
  • (by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
  • A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal foce.
  • Synonyms
    * handbook
    Derived terms
    * reference manual * instruction manual * user manual * user's manual * owners manual * owner's manual

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) manuel, manual, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Performed with the hands (of an activity).
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
  • She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.
  • Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
  • Synonyms
    *
    Antonyms
    * automatic
    Derived terms
    * manually
    Coordinate terms
    * , relating to the mouth * , relating to the foot

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