Automatic vs. Stickshift: What's the Difference?
Automatic and Stickshift Definitions
Automatic
Acting or operating in a manner essentially independent of external influence or control
An automatic light switch.
A budget deficit that triggered automatic spending cuts.
Stickshift
(US) A manual transmission, controlled by a gear lever.
Most cars in Europe have a stickshift.
Automatic
Self-regulating
An automatic washing machine.
Stickshift
(US) A car with a manual transmission.
My old car was a stickshift, but my new one is an automatic.
Automatic
Acting or done without volition or conscious control; involuntary
Automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eyes in strong light.
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Stickshift
(US) A gear lever.
My stickshift has broken.
Automatic
Acting or done as if by machine; mechanical
An automatic reply to a familiar question.
Stickshift
Cars, collectively, with such a transmission.
Do you know how to drive stickshift?
Automatic
Capable of firing continuously until ammunition is exhausted or the trigger is released
An automatic rifle.
Automatic
Semiautomatic
An automatic pistol.
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Automatic
An automatic machine or device.
Automatic
An automatic firearm.
Automatic
A semiautomatic firearm.
Automatic
A transmission or a motor vehicle with an automatic gear-shifting mechanism.
Automatic
(Football) See audible.
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Automatic
Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device.
Automatic
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
The reaction was automatic: flight!
Absent-minded doodling is a form of automatic art.
Automatic
Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
Spitting at another player means an automatic red card.
Automatic
(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
Fully automatic weapons cannot be legally owned by private citizens in the US, except in very special circumstances, as by private security companies.
Automatic
(of a handgun) An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.
The US Army adopted John Browning's M1911 pistol as its sidearm, chambered in .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol).
Automatic
Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
Automatic
Having one or more finite-state automata.
Automatic
A car with automatic transmission.
I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic.
Automatic
A semi-automatic pistol.
The G-men raiding the speakeasy were equipped with .45 automatics, while the local policemen were carrying revolvers and shotguns.
Automatic
Having an inherent power of action or motion.
Nothing can be said to be automatic.
Automatic
Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; operating with minimal human intervention; - esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse; an automatic transmission. The opposite of manual.
Automatic
Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; as, automatic movements or functions. The opposite of voluntary.
Unconscious or automatic reasoning.
Automatic
Like the unthinking functioning of a machine.
Automatic
Light machine gun.
Automatic
A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released; as, a .45 automatic.
Automatic
Light machine gun
Automatic
A pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
Automatic
Operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control;
Automatic transmission
A budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts
Automatic
Like the unthinking functioning of a machine;
An automatic `thank you'
Machinelike efficiency
Automatic
Without volition or conscious control;
The automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light
A reflex knee jerk
Sneezing is reflexive
