renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1458arrow-down1external-linkIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-squarepyre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_(mathematics) preferred spelling here https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disk main entry lists disc as a variant spelling while the entry for disc: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disc notes it as a variant spelling of disk https://www.dictionary.com/browse/disc links to disk Cambridge online dictionary seems to agree with you more but it’s always been the shittiest of them
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_(mathematics) preferred spelling here
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disk main entry lists disc as a variant spelling while the entry for disc: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disc notes it as a variant spelling of disk
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/disc links to disk
Cambridge online dictionary seems to agree with you more but it’s always been the shittiest of them