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Momentary vs Semiautomatic - What's the difference?

momentary | semiautomatic |

As adjectives the difference between momentary and semiautomatic

is that momentary is for only a moment while semiautomatic is .

As a noun semiautomatic is

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momentary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • for only a moment.
  • Happening at every moment; perpetual.
  • Ephemeral or relatively short-lived.
  • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=3 , Yet oh! what an immense difference did I feel between this impression of a pleasure merely animal, and struck out of the collision of the sexes by a passive bodily effect, from that sweet fury, that rage of active delight which crowns the enjoyments of a mutual love-passion, where two hearts, tenderly and truly united, club to exalt the joy, and give it a spirit and soul that bids defiance to that end which mere momentary desires generally terminate in, when they die of a surfeit of satisfaction!}}
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  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=20 citation , passage=Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,

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    Derived terms

    * momentarily * momentary god

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    semiautomatic

    English

    Adjective

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  • Noun

    (en noun)