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disc vs floppy disk

floppy disk vs disc

disc and floppy disk both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disc Yes No No No
floppy disk Yes No No No
As nouns, floppy disk is a hyponym of disc; that is, floppy disk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disc:
  • disc: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  • floppy disk: a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
Other hyponyms of disc include diskette, floppy, fixed disk, hard disc, hard disk.
disc (noun) floppy disk (noun)
a flat circular plate a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
Difference between disc and floppy disk

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