different between microprocessor vs circuity

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micro- +? processor

microprocessor (plural microprocessors)

(computer hardware) the entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
- 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)
  When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

circuit +? -y

circuity (countable and uncountable, plural circuities)

(countable) A circuitous plan; a roundabout way of doing something.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being circuitous.
(transport, countable) A measure of the ratio of road miles to air miles between two locations.

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