Revolver vs Automatic - What's the difference?
revolver | automatic |
A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
Agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.
Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
(computing, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
(maths, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata
A car with automatic transmission.
A semi-automatic firearm.
As nouns the difference between revolver and automatic
is that revolver is revolver while automatic is a car with automatic transmission.As an adjective automatic is
capable of operating without external control or intervention.revolver
English
(wikipedia revolver)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* wheelgunHyponyms
* six-gun * six-shooterautomatic
English
Alternative forms
* automatickAdjective
(-)- The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device
- The reaction was automatic : flight!
Synonyms
* (without conscious thought) perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctiveAntonyms
* (capable of operating without external control) manual * (without conscious thought) voluntaryDerived terms
* automatically * automaticity * automatic transmission * automaticalNoun
(en noun)- I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic .