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📣 jcuenod

Automatically vs. Automagically


Automatically vs. Automagically


  👤 jcuenod Accepted Answer ✓
For the definitive answer, see 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
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
I avoid wordplay like this as it confuses non-native speakers.