different between versatility vs automation

English

Etymology

versatile +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?v??s??t?l?ti/

Noun

versatility (usually uncountable, plural versatilities)

1. The property of being versatile or having many different abilities; flexibility.
   • 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son 1749

     Those are the sort of women who polish a young man the most, and who give him that habit of complaisance, and that flexibility and versatility of manners which prove of great use to him with men, and in the course of business.

Translations

English

Etymology

automatic +? -ion or automaton +? -ion; coined by a Ford Executive Vice President, Delmar S. Harder, in the 1940s.

Noun

automation (countable and uncountable, plural automations)

1. The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
   • 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 24 October 2012):

     The presidential campaign has been more focused on Bain Capital and an “apology tour” than on the challenges created by globalization and automation.

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References

• automation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “automation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.t?.ma.sj??/, /?.t?.ma.sj??/

Noun

automation f (plural automations)

1. automation

Synonyms

• automatisation

Swedish

Noun

automation c

1. automation

Declension

Synonyms

• automatisering
• robotisering