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disk vs fixed disk

fixed disk vs disk

disk and fixed disk both are nouns.

disk is a verb but fixed disk is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
disk Yes No Yes No
fixed disk Yes No No No
As nouns, fixed disk is a hyponym of disk; that is, fixed disk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disk:
  • disk: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  • fixed disk: a rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit
Other hyponyms of disk include diskette, floppy, floppy disk, hard disc, hard disk.
disk (noun) fixed disk (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
disk (verb) fixed disk (verb)
draw a harrow over (land)
Difference between disk and fixed disk

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