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Ask HN: Automatically vs. Automagically
- jcuenod 4y agoFor the definitive answer, see https://wikidiff.com/automatically/automagically https://wikidiff.com/automatically/automagically > As adverbs the difference between automatically and automagically is that automatically is in an automatic manner while automagically is in an automagical manner.
- yetihehe 4y agohttp://www.catb.org/jargon/html/A/automagically.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/A/automagically.html I use "automagically" when some process gathers data from several sources, infers what user really wanted to do or relieves user from specifying parameters.
- vmoore 4y agoI avoid wordplay like this as it confuses non-native speakers.