Difference between Mechanistic and Mechanical

What is the difference between Mechanistic and Mechanical?

Mechanistic as an adjective is having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine while Mechanical as an adjective is related to mechanics .

Mechanistic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having the impersonal and automatic characteristics of a machine Predetermined by, or as if by, a mechanism Having a physical or biological cause

Mechanical

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Related to mechanics .Related to mechanics .Done by machine.Using mechanics : being a machine.As if performed by a machine: lifeless or mindless.Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.Handy with machines.

Example sentence: I consider myself a general practitioner. I do electronic things. I do toys and water things, mechanical stuff. I'm very, very flexible.

We hope you now know whether to use Mechanistic or Mechanical in your sentence.

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