disk vs dot

disk and dot both are nouns.

disk and dot both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disk	Yes	No	Yes	No
dot	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, dot is a hyponym of disk; that is, dot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disk:

disk: something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
dot: a very small circular shape

Other hyponyms of disk include intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk, point.

disk (noun)	dot (noun)
a flat circular plate	street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove	the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored	a very small circular shape
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate

disk (verb)	dot (verb)
draw a harrow over (land)	mark with a dot
	make a dot or dots
	distribute loosely
	scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

Difference between disk and dot

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