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disc vs hard disc

hard disc vs disc

disc and hard disc both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disc Yes No No No
hard disc Yes No No No
As nouns, hard disc is a hyponym of disc; that is, hard disc 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
  • hard disc: a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
Other hyponyms of disc include diskette, floppy, floppy disk, fixed disk, hard disk.
disc (noun) hard disc (noun)
a flat circular plate a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
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 hard disc

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