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Mecha vs Tech - What's the difference?

mecha | tech |

As nouns the difference between mecha and tech

is that mecha is a large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside while tech is technology.

mecha

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anime, manga) A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.
  • * 1997 , Helen McCarthy, The anime movie guide
  • Having deprived her of both her mecha and her lover, Masato looks set for a nasty end, but Miku arrives to save him.
  • * 2002 , Christopher Hart, Anime mania: how to draw characters for Japanese animation
  • A transformation occurs when a mecha character, vehicle, or weapon unfolds and reassembles itself in a totally new form.
  • * 2006 , Dani Cavallaro, The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki
  • Porco Rosso evinces a deep fascination with mechanical objects of all sorts but it is by no means a mecha movie...
  • * 2007 , Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire
  • Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.
  • * 2007 , Robin E. Brenner, Understanding manga and anime (page 170)
  • * 2011 , Kensuke Okabayashi, Manga For Dummies (page 275)
  • In this section, I show you mechas that are large enough to be piloted by humans from the inside. Although most of them are designed for combat, some function as transportation or construction mechas.

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    tech

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) technology
  • (informal) technician
  • (informal) technique
  • Derived terms

    * biotech * high-tech * high tech * low-tech * tech support * tech wreck * techie

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