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Manual vs Analog - What's the difference?

manual | analog |

As nouns the difference between manual and analog

is that manual is a handbook while analog is something that bears an analogy to something else.

As adjectives the difference between manual and analog

is that manual is performed with the hands (of an activity) while analog is in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial.

As a proper noun Manual

is a given name derived from Spanish: a rare spelling variant of Manuel, sometimes considered erratic.

manual

English

(wikipedia manual)

Alternative forms

* manuall (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) manuel, from

Noun

(en noun)
  • A handbook.
  • A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine.
  • (music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
  • A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
  • (by synecdoche) A vehicle with a manual transmission.
  • A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal foce.
  • Synonyms
    * handbook
    Derived terms
    * reference manual * instruction manual * user manual * user's manual * owners manual * owner's manual

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) manuel, manual, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Performed with the hands (of an activity).
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
  • She gave a wild manual brush to her locks.
  • Operated by means of the hands (of a machine, device etc.).
  • Synonyms
    *
    Antonyms
    * automatic
    Derived terms
    * manually
    Coordinate terms
    * , relating to the mouth * , relating to the foot

    Anagrams

    * ----

    analog

    English

    Alternative forms

    * analogue (Commonwealth)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a device or system) in which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuously variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial)
  • Antonyms

    * digital * discrete

    Derived terms

    * analog circuit * analog computer * analog meter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) something that bears an analogy to something else
  • (countable, biology) an organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin
  • (chemistry) a structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element