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Auto vs Oem - What's the difference?

auto | oem |

As nouns the difference between auto and oem

is that auto is car while oem is a company that produces hardware to be sold under another company's brand (software with this label includes just a shrink-wrapped cd, without printed manual, without being inside a box, etc).

auto

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , metanalyzed from (auto-) in words such as (automatic), (autopilot), and (automobile).

Adjective

(-)
  • automatic

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An automobile.
  • A .
  • A setting for automatic operation.
  • A writ.
  • An automatic gearbox / transmission.
  • A car with an automatic gearbox / transmission.
    • Synonyms
    * (sense) automobile, car, motorcar; motor * (setting for automatic operation) automatic
    Antonyms
    * (setting for automatic operation) manual
    Derived terms
    * autorack
    See also
    * auto-

    Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) An autorickshaw.

    • See also

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    oem

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • . A company that produces hardware to be sold under another company's brand. (Software with this label includes just a shrink-wrapped CD, without printed manual, without being inside a box, etc.)

    • Anagrams

    * * * * *