Automatic vs Systematic - What's the difference?
automatic | systematic |
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.
Carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
Methodical, regular and orderly
Of, or relating to taxonomic classification
(proscribed) Of, relating to, or being a system
As adjectives the difference between automatic and systematic
is that automatic is capable of operating without external control or intervention while systematic is carried out using a planned, ordered procedure.As a noun automatic
is a car with automatic transmission.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 .