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Guitar vs Automatic - What's the difference?

guitar | automatic |

As nouns the difference between guitar and automatic

is that guitar is a stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick) while automatic is a car with automatic transmission.

As a verb guitar

is (rare) to play the guitar.

As an adjective automatic is

capable of operating without external control or intervention.

guitar

English

(wikipedia guitar)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
  • Synonyms

    * axe (slang) * gat (New Zealand slang)

    Derived terms

    * acoustic guitar * air guitar * bass guitar * electric guitar * guitarist * guitarfish * harpguitar * lead guitar * moon guitar * rhythm guitar

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To play the guitar.
  • See also

    * banjo * bass * mandolin * sitar * ukulele ----

    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

    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