Autological vs Automatic - What's the difference?
autological | automatic |
(grammar) Of a phrase (especially an adjective), possessing the property it describes.
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 adjectives the difference between autological and automatic
is that autological is (grammar) of a phrase (especially an adjective), possessing the property it describes while automatic is capable of operating without external control or intervention.As a noun automatic is
a car with automatic transmission.autological
English
(Autological word)Adjective
(-)- The word ''polysyllabic'' is autological , but the word ''monosyllabic'' is not.
- Because the word ''short'' is in fact short, it is considered autological .
- The word ''noun'' is itself a noun, and is thus autological .
Synonyms
* homologicalAntonyms
* heterologicalHypernyms
* self-referentialDerived terms
* autologicality * autologicallySee also
* self-reference * * *automatic
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 .