renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square153fedilinkfile-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.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months 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-up3·4 months agoBut that doesn’t cover the round storage we call compact discs. It’s just nonsensical
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoI mean to me compact disc sounds like small and round. Just happens to also be storage media 🤷♂️
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months 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?