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Automatic vs Autofire - What's the difference?

automatic | autofire |

As nouns the difference between automatic and autofire

is that automatic is a car with automatic transmission while autofire is (video games) a feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.

As an adjective automatic

is capable of operating without external control or intervention.

automatic

English

Alternative forms

* automatick

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
    • The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device
  • Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
    • The reaction was automatic : flight!
  • (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

    • Synonyms

    * (without conscious thought) perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctive

    Antonyms

    * (capable of operating without external control) manual * (without conscious thought) voluntary

    Derived terms

    * automatically * automaticity * automatic transmission * automatical

    Related terms

    * automagical * automat * automaton * automation * automatization * automatize * automobile * autopilot

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A car with automatic transmission.
    • I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic .
  • A semi-automatic firearm.

    • Antonyms

    * (car with automatic transmission) stick, stickshift; manual transmission; standard transmission

    autofire

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (video games) A feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
  • * 1988 , Operation Wolf'' (review), ''Crash issue 59 (December 1988)
    • You start off with just seven clips of ammo and five grenades — so all you autofire merchants are in trouble. Only real soldiers, with an accurate eye and careful trigger finger need apply here.
  • * 1989 , Popular Mechanics (volume 166, number 10, October 1989)
    • High-speed autofire and a choice of two joystick sizes are featured.
  • * 1990 , Letters'', ''Your Sinclair issue 51 (March 1990)
    • Also the crappy joystick, the SJ51, is useless. It's as stiff as a Skoda's steering and there's no autofire on it. I can't help thinking that I made the worst investment of my life by buying this computer.

    See also

    * turbo controller