Manual vs Physical - What's the difference?
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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.
Performed with the hands (of an activity).
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
Having to do with the body.
Having to do with the material world.
* John Stuart Mill
* Macaulay
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Involving bodily force.
Having to do with physics.
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(obsolete) Relating to physic, or medicine; medicinal; curative; also, cathartic; purgative.
* Sir T. North
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between manual and physical
is that manual is a handbook while physical is physical examination.As adjectives the difference between manual and physical
is that manual is performed with the hands (of an activity) while physical is having to do with the body.As a proper noun Manual
is a given name derived from Spanish: a rare spelling variant of Manuel, sometimes considered erratic.manual
English
(wikipedia manual)Alternative forms
* manuall (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) manuel, fromNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* handbookDerived terms
* reference manual * instruction manual * user manual * user's manual * owners manual * owner's manualEtymology 2
From (etyl) manuel, manual, from (etyl) .Adjective
(-)- She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.
Synonyms
*Antonyms
* automaticDerived terms
* manuallyCoordinate terms
* , relating to the mouth * , relating to the footAnagrams
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English
(wikipedia physical)Adjective
(en adjective)- Labour, in the physical world, is employed in putting objects in motion.
- A society sunk in ignorance, and ruled by mere physical force.
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- Physical herbs.
- Is Brutus sick? and is it physical / To walk unbraced, and suck up the humours / Of the dank morning?