@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 11 days agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1465arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1461arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.world@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 11 days agomessage-square149fedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•11 days agomy attempt to simplify the above explanation; -disc =round -disk =storage Storage can be round but not all round things are storage
minus-square@flambonksciouslinkEnglish3•11 days agoBut that doesn’t cover the round storage we call compact discs. It’s just nonsensical
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•11 days agoI mean to me compact disc sounds like small and round. Just happens to also be storage media 🤷♂️
minus-square@flambonksciouslinkEnglish2•11 days agoThere’s nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right?
my attempt to simplify the above explanation; -disc =round -disk =storage
Storage can be round but not all round things are storage
But that doesn’t cover the round storage we call compact discs. It’s just nonsensical
I mean to me compact disc sounds like small and round. Just happens to also be storage media 🤷♂️
There’s nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right?