Automatic vs Autofocus - What's the difference?
automatic | autofocus |
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.
(electronics) A feature of some cameras and other optical systems that allows a correct focus on the subject to be obtained automatically
To focus automatically.
As nouns the difference between automatic and autofocus
is that automatic is a car with automatic transmission while autofocus is (electronics) a feature of some cameras and other optical systems that allows a correct focus on the subject to be obtained automatically.As an adjective automatic
is capable of operating without external control or intervention.As a verb autofocus is
to focus automatically.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 .
Antonyms
* (car with automatic transmission) stick, stickshift; manual transmission; standard transmissionautofocus
English
Alternative forms
* auto-focusNoun
(-)- This camera has autofocus , so it's more expensive.
Synonyms
* AFSee also
* (wikipedia "autofocus")Verb
- My camera makes a funny sound when it autofocuses .
- The camera was autofocused before the picture was taken.