renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1276arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1274arrow-down1external-linkIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square60linkfedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agomy attempt to simplify the above explanation; -disc =round -disk =storage Storage can be round but not all round things are storage
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoBut that doesn’t cover the round storage we call compact discs. It’s just nonsensical
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoI mean to me compact disc sounds like small and round. Just happens to also be storage media 🤷♂️
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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?