renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1462arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 days agoI don’t think the differentiation makes any sense at all. edit: to clarify-- this isn’t a criticism of the op’s sketch; i just don’t think any attempt makes sense
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·10 days 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-up3·10 days agoBut that doesn’t cover the round storage we call compact discs. It’s just nonsensical
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·10 days agoI mean to me compact disc sounds like small and round. Just happens to also be storage media 🤷♂️
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoThere’s nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right?
minus-squaredragnucs@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoDoes not make send but it is true though.
I don’t think the differentiation makes any sense at all.
edit: to clarify-- this isn’t a criticism of the op’s sketch; i just don’t think any attempt makes sense
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?
Does not make send but it is true though.