▲ 463 ▼ Is "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by renzev@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 145 comments fedilink hide all child comments I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) upvoted for your spiffy drawing, although i don't agree with it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Lol, thanks. What about my distinction do you disagree with, though? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] proper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) But that doesn't cover the round storage we call compact discs. It's just nonsensical permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] proper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Does not make send but it is true though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Computer usage doesn't determine that you spell it with a k. A disk is indeed short for diskette, and disc is short for discus. However, you can absolutely use a compact disc on a computer. And while there are typically spinning platters or spinning magnetic strips inside hard drive disks or floppy disks, they are referred to by the whole unit as a logical disk drive that you'd see in computer. If it's possible to find them all now, you'd see that DVDs, CDs, Blu-ray, laserdisc, are all spelled like discus. 3.5, 4.5 floppy disks, hard drives, solid state drives, tape drives, etc all spell it disk. So for the most part, being purely observational, you can see that anything shaped like a frisbee with a hole in it will be a disc, and everything else is a disk. I think that's slightly different than your explanation, as the terms are mutually exclusive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) Lol, thanks. What about my distinction do you disagree with, though? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] proper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) But that doesn't cover the round storage we call compact discs. It's just nonsensical permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] proper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Does not make send but it is true though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Computer usage doesn't determine that you spell it with a k. A disk is indeed short for diskette, and disc is short for discus. However, you can absolutely use a compact disc on a computer. And while there are typically spinning platters or spinning magnetic strips inside hard drive disks or floppy disks, they are referred to by the whole unit as a logical disk drive that you'd see in computer. If it's possible to find them all now, you'd see that DVDs, CDs, Blu-ray, laserdisc, are all spelled like discus. 3.5, 4.5 floppy disks, hard drives, solid state drives, tape drives, etc all spell it disk. So for the most part, being purely observational, you can see that anything shaped like a frisbee with a hole in it will be a disc, and everything else is a disk. I think that's slightly different than your explanation, as the terms are mutually exclusive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] proper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) But that doesn't cover the round storage we call compact discs. It's just nonsensical permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] proper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right? permalink fedilink source parent [–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Does not make send but it is true though. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] proper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) But that doesn't cover the round storage we call compact discs. It's just nonsensical permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] proper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) But that doesn't cover the round storage we call compact discs. It's just nonsensical permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] proper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] proper@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago There's nothing wrong with over thinking a shitpost, right? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago Does not make send but it is true though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Computer usage doesn't determine that you spell it with a k. A disk is indeed short for diskette, and disc is short for discus. However, you can absolutely use a compact disc on a computer. And while there are typically spinning platters or spinning magnetic strips inside hard drive disks or floppy disks, they are referred to by the whole unit as a logical disk drive that you'd see in computer. If it's possible to find them all now, you'd see that DVDs, CDs, Blu-ray, laserdisc, are all spelled like discus. 3.5, 4.5 floppy disks, hard drives, solid state drives, tape drives, etc all spell it disk. So for the most part, being purely observational, you can see that anything shaped like a frisbee with a hole in it will be a disc, and everything else is a disk. I think that's slightly different than your explanation, as the terms are mutually exclusive. permalink fedilink source parent