Automatic vs Involuntary - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between automatic and involuntary

is that automatic is capable of operating without external control or intervention while involuntary is without intention; unintentional.

is a car with automatic transmission.

* automatick

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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

* (without conscious thought) perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctive

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

* automatically * automaticity * automatic transmission * automatical

(en noun)

A car with automatic transmission.

I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic .

A semi-automatic firearm.

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

(en adjective)

Without intention; unintentional.

He involuntarily overheard the conversation.

Not voluntary or willing; contrary or opposed to explicit will or desire; unwilling.

He found himself the involuntary witness in the trial.

* unbewised * unvoluntary

* involuntarily * involuntariness

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